<p>Regarding the $1,000. from National Merit Corp.–not the case for everyone, I understand.
If you are a NMF, there are 4 possibilities: First, Corporate scholarship if either of your parents (that you were supposed to list on the form which companies they work for) work for a company which sponsors NMF with a scholarship and the company wants to give you the NMF scholarship should you qualify. Second, college sponsored scholarship (if you put down a college which gives a college sponsored scholarship and the college offers it to you). Third, National Merit Corp. scholarship for those who did not get the Corporate or college sponsored scholarship. Fourth, no money at all if you did not get the corporate, college or National Merit Corp. scholarship. I could be mistaken, but I think National Merit Corp. has a limited number of scholarships to give out after the Corporate and college sponsored scholarships are given out. Again , I could be wrong, but there is a small chance of no scholarship from National Merit Corp. It is a long wait but worth the wait if you win a scholarship.</p>