<p>Usually to get a corporate scholarship, you have to be a child of an employee and you have to be NMF. There are some that will give scholarships to some Commended kids…usually about $2k per year.</p>
<p>And…often, the parent has to submit the paperwork in the fall of junior year - before scores are even known. </p>
<p>I’ve only heard of one school that gives a scholarship to commended students. </p>
<p>A Commended student has a much better chance of getting a good merit scholarship from a university if he just gets a high SAT or ACT score (along with a good GPA).</p>
<p>My older son made NMF, my younger son made Commended. They both have great scholarships because one got a NMF tuition & housing scholarship, BUT…the son who got Commended got a full tuition scholarship plus $4500/yr based on his SAT and GPA (including $2k per year from my H’s company for his Commended status).</p>
<p>So, instead of just looking for commended scholarships, you’d likely do better to make sure that your stats are high so that you’ll get a great scholarship based on that. :)</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>