<p>My senior D is a NMF and the process IS very confusing. Please check this link for some information. </p>
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<p>Also if you do a search on the CC site for National Merit, lots and lots of information will come up about which schools provide what. As the lady at the NMSC told me, “check your creamed colored Requirements and Instructions sheet - all of the participating schools are listed there”. If you are interested in one of the schools, go to their web site and see what they offer NMFs. The most important and most interesting thing we have learned during this process is that the LARGEST National Merit Award a school is allowed to give is $2,000 a year. If they offer more than that, it is coming from the school itself. Many offer full rides, but only $2,000 a year is an actual “National Merit Scholarship”.</p>