<p>I cannot the full question, but let me try. The college sponsor is essentially self selection, you notify NMSC which college is your first choice and the college decides if you get an college sponsored award (most colleges will give it to all those who choose that college, but colleges could have limit to the number).</p>
<p>Now the corporate scholarships and the NMSC scholarships are decided by NMSC staff. Now corporate scholarships are decided based on those who meet the elegibility criteria and number of scholarships for that sponsor. In the case of Boeing, any one who becomes a finalist and is the child of a Boeing employee automatically gets the Boeing Scholarship. In case of The Acushnet Company, Inc, they give only 3 awards and so if there are more than 3 employees children who make the finalist cut, the NMSC staff will use some criteria ( includes abilities, skills, and accomplishments) and choose only 3 for Acushnet award.</p>
<p>For the NMSC one time award of $2500, a committee of college admission officers and high school counselors make the decision and it is based on a state representational basis basis and takes into account a host of factors. </p>
<p>From a timing perspective, corporate awards come first and the NMSC awards. School awards can happen only after the schools are notified and the first notification happens I believe in March. What I am not clear about is how do they handle conflicts. If a student is selected for both the corporate and NMSC award, is the student given a choice or the NMSC decides that for them? Similarly, if a student gets all three (corporate, NMSC and school) when do they decide? A student can get only one, so the question is how does that process work?</p>
<p>This link gives the details, </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nationalmerit.org/student_guide.pdf[/url]”>http://www.nationalmerit.org/student_guide.pdf</a></p>
<p>hope this helps</p>