Other National Merit Scholarship

BostonDadof2
Sun, 29 May 2016 21:32:11 +0000

For clarification, NEU does not automatically give $30K to finalists, which is what we had thought was the case. It is “up to” $30K and our son who will be starting in the fall got less. To make things a bit more confusing, of the amount given by NEU a small portion ($1-2K) is the official National Merit Scholarship Corporation scholarship that gets paid from the corporation to NEU (allowing the designation as “scholar” as opposed to just finalist), but actually is funded by NEU. What the poster may be referring to is the letter from NMSC confirming the awarding of the official college sponsored award (the smaller portion) and letting the student know that he/she has to formally accept that and agree to the conditions of the scholarship.