MT and National Merit scholarships

mommafrog
Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:32:00 +0000

We are in a similar boat (although dd is a junior). Guidance said she will definitely make the selection index, and now we’re adding “schools that participate in National Merit” to the list of counfounding columns for choices. It’s frustrating, in that a student has to list a “first choice” school, and then, if accepted AND if that’s the one they said was first choice, AND the school chooses them, they could get the Merit $$$s. True, one can mark “undecided” (and that’s definitely what I will suggest kiddo do!) but if you continue reading, it does mention that at some schools, the dollars go quickly – the school may set aside National Merit monies for a certain number of students…then it’s first come, first served [so those who were quick to claim “dibs” are more likely to get the dollars]…but if you get accepted to another school that DOES offer the NM scholarship, but it wasn’t your first choice, well then, too bad – no National Merit dollars from the college. So…just another fun thing to try to figure out as this kid narrows her choices of places to audition next year!!