***2017 National Merit Finalist Thread***

@CaveMom Thanks for the number and motivation! I just called and confirmed also- Yay! Congratulations to all!

Called NMC and they confirmed my DS made it.

Called NMSC and they confirmed today DD is a finalist.

Congratulations to everyone finding out about being National Merit Finalist so far!!! So excited for everyone on here. Good Luck with the rest of the college experience. We are headed to OU this weekend for the S2S. Hope to see some of you there. :smiley:

@Tgirlfriend hope you have a great visit at OU!

Congratulations to everyone who has found out so far. If you havenā€™t, give NMSC a call and post it here!

Finalist letter came here in Idaho!

I wanted to hold out, but lasted about 30 seconds reading this thread. S is a finalist. But am going to let him find out from school or the letter home.

Got principalā€™s phone call this morning that D is a finalist, as are the two others at her school! Yay! We are in central Florida

Just called National Merit Organization and he did get moved to National Merit Finalist! We are in Alabama and absolutely thrilled for his accomplishment!

*PSAT - 215 (1440 -710 reading/writing-730 math)
*SAT - 1480 (680 reading/writing - 800 math)
(216 would be the selection index)
*ACT - 34
*Weighted GPA - 3.854
*Unweighted GPA - 3.440
*Has only had Advanced or AP classes in math, English, science, history or Latin.
*Did have one C (79) for one first semester in 10th grade Advanced English!

Good Luck to those still waiting!!!

Email notification from the guidance counselor this morning in South Florida. Good luck to all.

Weā€™re in! Got text from S17 just now heā€™s a NMF!! Phew!

Waiting to hear from USC, Rice, Duke, Emory, Wash U., Vandy. Admitted to UT and TAMU computer science. (Weā€™re in state in Tx of course).

Now to figure out how to play this.

PSAT - 222
SAT - 1510
ACT 35
GPA - about 3.75. Not sure weighted.

About 8 APs so far.

Had 2 semester C+'s freshman year at prior school before transferring to his current school.

I called and confirmed S17 is a finalist! S17 doesnā€™t know yet. If he isnā€™t told at school today then Iā€™ll let him know when he gets home.

Great news here in Minnesota - yay!

@CaveMom, thank you!

D is a finalistā€¦hope she gets some money somewhere with it!

Called and confirmed that my son is a finalist. Will let him find out from school or get letter in mail.

ACT: 35
UW GPA: 4.0
12 AP classes (all 5ā€™s on AP tests taken so far)
PSAT: 1490 (out of 1520, I think)
SAT: 1530

Posting from Michigan. Just called NM. D is a finalist!

Thanks to the previous poster that gave the contact # to NM.

Dā€™s first choice is UK so this is GREAT NEWS!!!

@phokie great stats! whereā€™s he thinking of going to school?

thanks for the reminder to callā€¦
S is a finalist! Good to confirm since he already updated his resume that he needs to submit for other scholarships, and has an interview tomorrow!

@Tex151 ā€¦congratulations!!! So glad to see all these NMF posts!! Congratulations to everyone! Now to see if our kids use that to keep the college cost down or notā€¦that would be the question. Again, a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to all NMF!!!