Form from NM urging son to choose college

mihcal1
Fri, 09 Mar 2012 01:00:30 +0000

My D received an email today from National Merit:



You were recently sent a memo on February 21 regarding your first choice college. The reason you received this memo is because you are being strongly considered for a fully transferable scholarship. In order for us to process an offer, we need to have the name of a U.S. accredited university on file for you. You can change this choice at any time in the future and it will not negatively impact your award.

We need the college name as soon as possible, as we will be processing offers very shortly. Please return a copy of the college change form found on our website [National Merit Scholarship Corporation](http://www.nationalmerit.org) as soon as possible. You can either attach it to an email or fax it to our office at (847) 866-5113.

Thank you and please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.



She is still waiting to hear back from a bunch of colleges, about half of which are NOT National Merit Scholarship sponsors. She is really and truly undecided on a first choice school, and needs to see where she gets accepted and what offers they make her. So she just picked one of the non-sponsoring colleges and submitted that for now. Her choice was sort-of random. (She picked MIT because they have the earliest announcement date and are also one of the reachiest. So if she doesn’t get in, she can switch to one of the remaining choices soonest.)

I really hope she did the right thing!

BTW, she submitted her form as an email attachment (after printing and signing, then scanning it). Should I fax in a copy too, just to be sure?