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04-21-2008, 10:23 PM
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#91 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: near Houston
Threads: 84
Posts: 3,089
| UofRbound, your D will definitely be commended.
ceebee63, not all finalists receive a NM scholarship. Some will receive the NM-sponsored, some a corporate-sponsored, some a college-sponsored, and some will receive nothing at all. | 
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04-21-2008, 11:13 PM
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#92 | | New Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Threads: 0
Posts: 5
| i got a letter at home and i scored 200. i'm not home schooled and my school registered for me.. | |
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04-22-2008, 10:21 AM
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#93 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Threads: 32
Posts: 213
| Has anyone in NY gotten... anything? | |
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04-22-2008, 01:21 PM
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#94 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Threads: 14
Posts: 323
| Yes, our school in NY received the letters today. And the (national) Commended cutoff is exactly 200: " . . . selected from the 1.5 NMSQT program entrants with a selection score of 200 or above" is the language in the letter. | |
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04-22-2008, 03:55 PM
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#95 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ohio
Threads: 45
Posts: 1,058
| I'm just wondering, what do our choices for the colleges we pick mean? Like, is this what they would use when they say that they'll only give scholarships to those that pick their college as a first-choice school? | |
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04-22-2008, 04:59 PM
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#96 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Threads: 16
Posts: 252
| The exact wording on my son's letter is "Your Selection Index score on the 2007 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) places you among the highest-scoring 50000 students of some 1.5 million who entered the 2009 National Merit Scholarship Program". There is no mention of the score 200. | |
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04-22-2008, 05:10 PM
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#97 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Threads: 24
Posts: 498
| OHHHHH you are all JUNIORS!! I get it. I was wondering when we (class of 08) get notified about Scholar status... which actually is pretty soon. So GreenDayFan, I don't have a long way to go! Yay. And since I already know where I'm going (Princeton), it doesn't actually matter that much about being a Scholar. I already know I'm at least a Finalist. | |
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04-22-2008, 05:12 PM
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#98 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Threads: 24
Posts: 498
| And firefly, don't ALL Scholars (not Finalists) receive something? | |
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04-22-2008, 05:20 PM
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#99 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Threads: 14
Posts: 323
| Right, bomgeedad - now that I have the actual letter from NMSC, rather than just the email from the guidance office, I see that it was S1's school that inserted the "with a selection score of 200 or above" language. | |
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04-22-2008, 05:36 PM
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#100 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Gender: Male
Threads: 17
Posts: 228
| My son received his letter last Friday. He is in OH and the GC informed all 6 of them at the same time. His score was a 233. | |
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04-22-2008, 06:21 PM
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#101 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Woods of Penn
Threads: 155
Posts: 3,007
| why are there so many parents on CC...just curious. | |
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04-22-2008, 06:23 PM
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#102 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Gender: Male
Threads: 17
Posts: 228
| Personally it is because I have a son who is a junior with a different set of interests and needs. I want to stay informed so we can help him make an informed decision. | |
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04-22-2008, 06:33 PM
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#103 | | New Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Threads: 3
Posts: 27
| got the yale letter thing yesterday, hopefully this letter will come soon. One of my friends got a 199, he's gonna flip when I tell him the cutoff is 200... | |
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04-22-2008, 06:35 PM
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#104 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005
Threads: 66
Posts: 1,560
| NY got letters today, and one person said they had a 201 | |
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04-22-2008, 06:48 PM
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#105 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Threads: 7
Posts: 57
| ****ed
I got a 199...
any chance I may still get it? | |
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