NMSC College choice

BookAddict
Sun, 01 Oct 2006 14:53:03 +0000

No, it’s in no way binding, even if you do get a scholarship there. Here’s what I said in another thread:



Oh, I’d suggest putting down your number 1 school that gives NM money. That way, you can see if that school will give you a scholarship. If you end up getting the NMSC-sponsered $2500, you can always change which school it applies to. College-sponsored scholarships, on the other hand, won’t.

For example, I put Baylor as my first choice, even though at the time it wasn’t, as I knew that Baylor gives all NM Scholar who puts it as their first choice a full tuition scholarship. Some schools will give you a scholarship if you become a NM finalist, even if you don’t put them as your first choice, others may or may not give you a scholarship even if you are a finalist, and some do not give NM money at all. So research, and figure out what would be the best college to put down. I put down Baylor even ahead of some of the other schools that I preferred, even though some of those schools may have given me a NM award. That way, Baylor was both a financial and academic safety. (And yes, I’m at Baylor now, and the full-tuition scholarship I got definitely played a role in my decision.)