National Merit Finalist - Update Ivies or no?

tennis101
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:53:20 +0000

I’m just making sure, but does the advice given (to not update ivies/top 20 colleges about national merit finalist status) also apply to state schools? I’m not sure whether or not notifying a state school could increase a possible merit scholarship offer. Then again, it does seem kind of obvious that a national merit semifinalist who has decent stats would become a finalist…