Did Son mess up on First Choice?

mazewanderer
Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:44:59 +0000

I know that the rule is you can only have one scholarship. However the question here is “If I reject the NMSC scholarship, can I be considered for a college scholarship?”.

The opposite is a clear No No. If you accept the NMSC scholarship you cannot be considered for the official (repeat the official portion not the unofficial goodies) of the college scholarship.

Logically, if one declines the NMSC scholarship, they should be allowed to be considered for the college scholarship, but there is a risk element to that. What if the college does not give it to you?

However, there are lot of things about the NMSC process that do not make sense to the outsider, so they may take stand that rejecting the NMSC scholarship means rejecting even college NMF scholarships. The best way to know is to ask NMSC in those specific terms.

Please post the response as it will be useful for others.

Accepting the NMSC scholarship allows you to change the college choice if want to do so at any time before May 31st. However, you may want to do it sooner, especially if the college has an unofficial component (the extra goodies like free tuition)