What to do now when scoring PSAT 236 but not received NMS?

[mazewanderer]

<p>Timing has nothing to do with. If you did not have choice and you were being considered for the NMSC’s own or a corporate scholarship, NMSC would send you a letter asking to make a choice with the proviso that you can change it later. My S got such a letter and so many others on this forum.</p>

<p>NMSC will not give any award unless you have choice that you have notified them. And if they are considering you for an award, they will ask you for the choice and not notify unless the choice is made. Period.</p>

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I am simply pointing out that NM Finalists should never assume they will get any money from the NM program, unless they are applying to one of the schools that give automatic NM Scholarships to every NM Finalist who is admitted there. Remember that there are 15,000 NM Finalists, and only for the 2,500 NM direct grants, and the NMSC is notoriously vague about the specific selection criteria it uses – or even the exact details about what the selection process is.

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<p>Absolutely right. No one should assume they are a shoo in for NMSC’s own scholarship as you are competing with 14,999+ others for 2500 scholarships. For corporate scholarships, often there is no competition and that is why they give special scholarships for those unfilled slots. For College scholarships, you are competing only with those who apply to the college and in many cases, it is given to every applicant who joins the college and hence there is no real competition. In others, the most competitive awards are NMSC’s own.</p>

<p>Yes NMSC is very vague on the selection process. All they say is “using holistic criteria”.</p>