@"aunt bea" , my final goal is to get a full ride. There a tons of schools in the south that I am interested in that also offer full rides to NMF. I am also aware that with my stats, and yes that is a real official sat score, I could qualify for other scholarships, however, I worry that the window will be small. Through research I found out that only a fraction of the schools I am interested in offer large scholarships based on outstanding stats. Even more picayune is the list of colleges that offer full rides based on stats. I figured that becoming a NMF can provide me with the opportunity to get full rides at the southern universities I’m interested in.