<p>Not to be too picky, but the above link does not exactly say that schools will be notified on February 2, 2010, it says: “NMSC mails notification to high school principals about the status of their Semifinalists; a Certificate of Merit is provided for each Semifinalist who qualifies as Finalist.” I think it could be any time between February 3-8, depending on how fast USPS delivers the packets.</p>