national merit college sponsored?

CynthiaR
Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:31:08 +0000

Did anyone else find the whole process a little less useful than it could have been? I mean, you take the test in the beginning of your junior year, then you find out whether you are a finalist in February–after college applications are due, so you can’t claim it. Then you find out whether you got the college award with like 2 days left to choose a school, or after you have already chosen. Also, it seems like people (at my school at least) make an awfully big deal out of it, when it isn’t really usually much money. Not to sound completely mercenary, but college is expensive. It’s a moot point for me; i ended up choosing a college that doesn’t offer a NM scholarship, but it seems like it could be better organized, especially in the beginning.