<p>Bartleby…So by using your condescending dismissal of someone else’s achievements as a basis for defining the quality of awards, the Presidential Scholars Program must also be only a “happy coincidence” and a “positive side effect”? Since the recipients only gain entry into consideration based on “good standardized test taking ability” and are only ever compared against other students from their own state, you must also consider them to be not worthy of being recipients of a nationally recognized merit award. Interesting that you’d have “so many” NM students at your college when they represent at most 1% of graduating seniors in any given year…but don’t let the facts get in the way of you denegrating someone’s accomplishments. Joking about throwing rocks and hitting NM kids is understandable (maybe) for college-age kids…but most people outgrow college. Obviously not everyone does.</p>