<p>thank you! if it helps anyone else, this is the information i’ve found so far.
<em>USC: Amount: Half tuition (approximately $16,750)
*Tufts: Entering first-year students who are National Merit finalists are eligible for scholarships of $500 to $2,000 per year for up to four undergraduate years for any semester in which the student is charged Tufts tuition. To enter the program, students must name Tufts as first choice in the National Merit competition. Honorary awards of $500 per year for four years may be made to successful applicants who do not demonstrate financial need. Merit awards up to $2,000 per year may be offered to applicants with demonstrated financial need.
*SMU: Minimum of half tuition plus $2000.00, inclusive of all SMU sources, renewable for four years or until graduation, whichever comes first.
*Vanderbilt: Finalists who indicate Vanderbilt as their first choice school will receive a minimum of $5000 per year in total merit scholarships at Vanderbilt, from all sources. If a National Merit Finalist receives another Vanderbilt merit scholarship that exceeds the $5,000 minimum guarantee, they will still receive a National Merit award of $2,000 above and beyond the amount of any other scholarship.
*UT: Scholarship Package for Texas Residents
$13,000 Total Four-Year Package; $4000 for the Freshman year</em>; $3000/year for three years
The annual award offer includes the $750 stipend if named a college-sponsored scholar or includes the National Merit Scholarship Corporation annual stipend if named a national, one-time or corporate-sponsored winner.
*Boston College: Varies from $500 to $2,000
*Pomona: (from another discussion board, not the actual site) A pretty modest scholarship and not every National Merit Finalist who enrolls at Pomona is offered one of these scholarships, so the Admissions Office selects the few winners out of the pool of enrolled National Merit Finalists who indicated on their National Merit college choice card that Pomona is their first choice school.</p>