National Merit Finalist Notification

swimcatsmom
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:36:13 +0000

She didn’t make it because of grades. It is really sad because if she had stayed in her home town high school she would have had really good grades. But she transferred to a really really tough high school (have to score in around the top 5% or above in the ACT in soph year to have a chance to get in). The kids come in with straight As - very few of them (maybe 10-20%) maintain that.

I think so long as your grades are good and your SAT score is good you do not need to worry. Plus it is probably a good sign that you have not heard anything.