<p>For those who have had kids fill out the paperwork necessary to go from National Merit Semifinalist to Finalist:</p>
<p>The essay is supposed to be affixed to the application with “nonglare tape.”</p>
<p>Does anybody know what brands or types of tape qualify as “nonglare”?</p>
<p>Scotch Brand “Magic” tape is “nonglare” – meaning…it’s matte finish – not glossy. (Glossy finish sometimes reflects back into a scanner or photcopier, so if it covers up words, parts of the scan or copy can’t be read.)</p>
<p>Thank you, 2boysima.</p>
<p>LOL, this thread is the first result on google for “nonglare tape.”</p>
<p>And I have to thank you too!</p>
<p>this thread has been most helpful - im guessing any matte tape would work. just not the “transparent” kind.</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>I can’t believe this thread still exists (and can be found on Google).</p>
<p>My daughter, on whose behalf I started the thread when she was filling out the National Merit paperwork, is now a sophomore in college.</p>
<p>Well, thanks Marian. The applications for the 09er batch are due around now (my school’s selfimposed deadline is tomorrow) so I’m sure a lot of us will be searching the internet for this very question.</p>
<p>HAHAH i googled “nonglare tape” also, and this was the first link. that’s actually really funny</p>
<p>Same! hahahaha great, thanks</p>
<p>I keep hoping they will put this on a pdf and not have to cut and paste…I remember HOW much of a pain this was…Congrats…</p>
<p>Good to know what they mean by nonglare tape, but literally cut and paste in this day and age?! </p>
<p>Finding nonglare tape is the easy part - getting D to finish the essay is trickier ;)</p>