<p>Just so the record is complete and in this one thread, I spoke with NM today regarding corporate sponsorships and learned that they do indeed come first but that they will NOT release one without a first choice college listed on the sheet. It can be changed all the way up until summer but if they don’t have a valid college, there will be no monetary offer. So we have to fill out the form and fax it back to them.</p>
<p>National Merit Corporate winner! $2k for each of the 4 years, YEAH!!</p>
<p>Got the one time $2500 NM award in mail today (“National” one, not corporate).
Can this be used ONLY at the list of colleges on the NM’s literature? ie can it be used at Ivies or any non-listed school? This is so confusing- I don’t understand why this was not a school sponsored award? The school listed as “first choice” did not give $1000/year as they stated they do???</p>
<p>I just got the $2500 one too. I’m pretty sure it can be applied wherever. At least, I hope so.</p>
<p>If I decided to go to a state school that guarantees its money to finalists, would I be able to stack the two awards since they come from different sources?</p>
<p>Congratulations! I am also a corporate winner, with 1.5k for all four years! Now I only need to find a way to pay the other 49k</p>
<p>does the actual offer of NMF award ($2500 or whatever) come in snail mail or email?</p>
<p>regular snail mail</p>
<p>The National $2500 awards may be used at any school, not just ones listed by NM as participating schools. </p>
<p>There is a lot of confusion about the “college” awards because many schools offer the $2000 through National Merit, but many offer much more using their own funds. These colleges who offer “full rides” or the like just use the National Merit Finalist designation as a screening device to offer their own scholarships. They know that anyone who has been named a Finalist has gone through a rigorous screening process and is one of the country’s top scholars. The confusion arises because they guarantee National Merit Finalists certain scholarships and often refer to them as National Merit scholarships, although these are not through the National Merit organization.</p>
<p>When the National Merit organization says that a student may receive only one National Merit award, they are talking about one of the three they offer: the corporate awards, the $2500 national award or the $2000 college-sponsored award. I have a daughter who two years ago received the $2500 award which she was reluctant to accept because she was also offered a substantial almost “full-ride” scholarship (also called a National Merit scholarship) from the school. The NM people assured us that signing the $2500 offer would not preclude receiving the school’s scholarship, and they were correct. She received both, with no reduction in the school’s offer because of the $2500. However, this should not be assumed to be the case for all schools. Some schools allow stacking while others do not.</p>
<p>I think it would be interesting if students who are receiving the $2500 letters would share what state they are from, along with PSAT and SAT scores so we could get a feel for what criteria are used in those awards. I realize extracurriculars and essays, etc. also count, but at least it might give us a baseline. It would also tell us whether letters from a certain state have already been received by students there. We’re still hoping - daughters 1 and 2 were both finalists in prior years, but only one received the $2500. Daughter 3 is in the running this year, but hope is fading as letters are received by others.</p>
<p>Need to know about NMS in Georgia-Thanks. </p>
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<p>2010 National Merit Scholarship Program- Stats only- Georgia- Test taken in October 2008
PSAT:
SAT:
GPA:
Applied - Universities</p>
<p>Anyone from Alabama received a $2500 award yet?</p>
<p>There have been a few posts about students receiving NM scholarships from corporations and the NMSC itself. However, has anyone from the class of 2009 received a NM scholarship from a university this year? If so, was it for one year or more than one year? How much was it per year? What school? I am, of course, EXCLUDING those universities such as Alabama, Oklahoma, Central Florida, etc., that offer full rides to NM Finalists. Anyone have news? Thanks.</p>
<p>The $2500 NM scholarship winners were announced today at my D’s school.</p>
<p>D got a letter over the weekend from NMSC that she will be getting one from Vanderbilt and she has until May 11 to send in the response form indicating if she will accept it or decline.
She has a total of NM money of $5000 per year, renewable, but on the financial aid letter it divides it up into a $350 award per semester as NMF, as well as a CAS award of $2,125 per semester. It looked a bit odd but I am not going to argue at all as to how they describe that 5K per year-we are glad to get it.</p>
<p>hi everyone…just found this site and thank you for all the precious information. Can’t believe is seeing all the answers i will need for my D next year.</p>
<p>her psat = 227 and sat = 2340</p>
<p>hopefully she will get something from the NM</p>
<p>Hougang, as your daughter looks for schools, have her check which ones are good for NM. Some schools do give full rides to NM finalists. Others offer a one-time check. Others are renewable. One thing is sure – she will be getting lots of mail.</p>