<p>From your join date and number of posts - I’m guessing you may be new to CC?</p>
<p>If you look through old threads - you will find a lot of information you are looking for. Start right here in this thread. For example - this is one of them:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/649276-nmf-scholarships-updated-compilation.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/649276-nmf-scholarships-updated-compilation.html</a></p>
<p>You can also go to the front of the discussion board - and look up each school and search or scan through old threads. To get “all” the threads - go to the bottom of the page and look at threads from “the beginning” you can then search for Scholarships. </p>
<p>From your post - I’m not clear if your daughter “D” on CC … is a national merit finalist or national Hispanic scholar. I don’t know much about the later, as I have not read much about it. But the thread I posted above lists the merit scholarships available for NMF’s. You do have to list the school as your “first choice” to get it - but as I understand it you - have until fairly late in the spring to decide and post/ notify/change that school.</p>
<p>For example - as a NMF -if you list University of Oklahoma - your daughter could get a full ride plus (lap top, summer stipend). Also make sure to check what it takes to keep these scholarships. OU is 3.0. Some can be has high as 3.5.</p>
<p>You might also list her unweighted GPA -as that helps apples to apples comparisons - as a lot of schools do not weight.</p>
<p>Also - you need to note if the school “super scores” - combining more than one sitting at the SAT or ACT - with scores from each area to combine for a super score. If that is the case - then the required ACT or SAT for merit scholarship can be higher. As kids can piece together two or three tests to get near perfect scores. If your D’s score is from one sitting - that can put her at a disadvantage at those schools. She can email the admissions to ask if school’s she is considering super score. Or google it.</p>
<p>Hope that helps. Just start reading and browsing - you will be surprised at how much great information is already here.</p>
<p>One of the best threads about significant merit was from maybe “momoftwoboys” or something like that - A Texas Mother as I recall - who talked about her strategy to get merit scholarships for her two sons. If someone knows of that thread - maybe they would post a link for you. I can’t seem to find it.</p>