Does NMSF matter for the top-tiers?

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Geography? Is that what NMS is all about? If that’s what it is, let’s change the name of the competition to reflect it, e.g., the California State Merit Scholar competition, the North Dakota State Merit Scholar contest, etc. But then the scholarship would lose the cachet of the “national” moniker, wouldn’t it?

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<p>US senators are elected by their respective states. So, are they state senators or US senators? If they are US senators then why are they not called state senators? I think you are making a bigger deal out of it than it is.</p>