<p>Haleigh, You CAN’T receive BOTH the NMerit 1/2 tuition scholarship AND the Deans’ scholarship. You can only receive the scholarship with the highest value . As I said above, unless you did not do the required essay to advance to NM finalist status,or you let your grades sink, or did some other egregious act, you WILL advance to finalist status and get half your tuition paid for by USC! This is something thousands of students would give their eye-teeth for! So get some perspective, ok?</p>