National Merit Awards

conwoman
Sun, 08 May 2005 00:35:13 +0000

I have 1580 SAT in one sitting, 800/800/800/800 SAT2, 4.98 GPA. I don’t remember my PSATs, but I think it only matters for the initial selection of National Merit candidates.

I realize the National Merit awards are quite subjective, but the rules of the Byrd scholarship in our state are very clear - they take SAT scores and school rank and combine them into a final score. Candidates from each county compete against each other. The letter says they awarded 74 seniors, so I figured my county received 8-9 awards. Now, I know for sure that I have the highest SAT score in my county, as I was the only Presidential Scholar candidate from it (the list was available online). So being on top of my class, I don’t see how could I get behind other contenders. Since it is a federally funded program, I think they have to provide all the details upon request.