<p>woodhead01, I may not be following the scenario you sketched, but it seems that you are considering what might happen if Finalist was offered a one-time or corporate award and then was subsequently offered a college-sponsored NM Scholarship.</p>
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<p>If I have misunderstood your scenario, then never mind. But if you look at the back page of the Finalist notification letter, it says that if the student has been awarded “any other NMS (corporate-sponsored, National, or other college-sponsored award),” then the student will not be considered for a college-sponsored award. “No student will receive more than one scholarship offer from NMSC.”</p>
<p>The students who are offered corporate or National one-time awards will not be offered an NMS award by a college, because that student has already received an offer. The college may offer substantial additional merit aid to the NM Scholar to encourage the student to attend, but the student will be receiving a corporate NMS award or a National $2500 NMS award, not a college-sponsored award. NMSC would notify the school that the student had named them first-choice, but they would also tell the school that the student had already been offered an award (corporate or national).</p>
<p>I might not have followed the flow of the steps you were brainstorming, but it looks like the outline considers what might happen if the student is offered more than one award, and that does not happen. My apologies in advance, if I have misunderstood your post.</p>