<p>This doesn’t make sense. The NM rules say that you may only receive a college sponsored NM award if you name that college as your first choice by the designated date. That seems to be the simple answer if your daughter did not designate NU as her first choice. I don’t know why neither NM or NU has given you that as a reason. Is it something they just don’t follow in practice? Two of my kids received tons of offers from colleges based on their NM scores (PSAT) offering everything from $12,000 to full rides. But they all said that my child needed to designate them as first choice to receive the award. My son designated NU as his first choice and is receiving the $2,000 award. My daughter designated Princeton, which doesn’t have an NM program, and was awarded the NM $2,500.</p>