<p>One thing to remember is that the Pres. and Trustee scholarships are not only an award they are a bit of a marketing tool. They are a way for USC to get kids to come to USC and be pumped up to want to come to USC. The NMF will get a Presidential award (following the guidelines of put USC as #1 choice as described in previous posts). So the invites are also going to kids that USC is not sure will select USC. IF you are a NMF they know you are getting an award. They don’t really HAVE to pull you in. You should be very happy to know you are admitted to USC already (assuming you are) and that you will get a lot of money to attend. So, some of the invitees might have less stellar stats, are not NMF, but USC would love to have them so they want to get them on campus, show them what USC is all about and hope, with the offer of some money, they will come to round out the student body. You certainly don’t want a whole student population of NMF. Bottom line though…all of the kids who are offered an invite are deserving for some reason. They are all great kids who you will want in the class of 2014.</p>