<p>As a senior who just went through the whole national merit process, it is incredibly annoying. You cannot check anything yourself–you have to wait for the psat people to snail mail access codes and score reports to your school, and then it is entirely up to the GC when you get your scores. If you advance in the competition the same thing happens. You’re not allowed to do anything without the GC and school, so make sure you’re on top of it. If the counselor doesn’t give you your info causing you miss the national merit application deadline, oh well.</p>