<p>Just wanted to post an update. I called Nat’l Merit Corp and they said the Corp scholarships will be sent out March 10th on a rolling basis. My corp guarantees all children of employees $1K-4K/year, regardless of school choice.
He also said that colleges can only give up to $2K form Nat’l Merit, so any additional $$ based on NMF is not thru the Nat’ Merit Corp, but thru the school. So depending on what he gets from the Corp, he may decline the Nat’l Merit part of the safety school NMF scholarship.
Bottom line is we did it right. He will get the corporate scholarship and can use it for the reach if he gets admitted (by changing the #1 choice), and still get in the running for the free R&B +$4K at the safety school by designating them as #1 now.</p>