@JBStillFlying - thanks for the response. It is on our list of things to do on Monday as we were a bit complacent the last two months as his other school choices are in California and their decision timing is March.
After reading thru the posts here, we are now playing catch up with UMN on any merit awards as well as housing choices.
@whaa2022 if he gets in Honors there’s always the honors LLC in Middlebrook 
Honors students are guaranteed a spot.
@whaaa2022 Just to let you know, my son sounds quite similar to yours (35, NMF, CSE, xc runner etc), and he also has not been admitted to honors or gotten any scholarships. We are in Wisconsin, which seems like a little donut hole for money. Not eligible for the Minnesota NMF money, but also not eligible for the out of state national merit money, which specifically excludes reciprocity states.
@Booajo - but you get in-state tuition (at MN rates) - and as punishment, we in MN pay our in-state rate for UW and have the lowest admit rate of the US residents. 
No matter to me because UW is an awesome school!
Just to clarify - do you mean that you are excluded from the “National” scholarship? Pretty sure that all NMF’s - OOS, WI-reciprocity, or in-state - are eligible for the Gold Scholarship, which is a different scholarship from National. The National is designed to attract high-stats OOS kids who would otherwise face significant tuition differentials. It used to be structured so that it met 100% of this differential but was re-configured in the wake of the OOS tuition hikes to max at $10,000. Same amount as the Gold, but different pool of recipients (although it certainly does stack with the Gold for those lucky OOS kids who are both high stats and NMF’s). It’s very possible to be an OOS kid who never even took the PSAT and get a $10,000 National Scholarship.
Yes @JBStillFlying excluded from national. I know the rates are good, but frustrating because many other OOS choices give a bigger discount. Been through this x2. Rumor around here is that they don’t give much to WI residents (I have no real data on this–pure rumor.)
I’m still hoping for Gold–do you think they wait on that until NMF is confirmed?
@Booajo - if your son is NMSF and waiting on NMF, reach out to the NM liaison ASAP so that he is on their radar! The earlier the better. Is he planning to list UMN as first choice?
If your son isn’t NMSF then not sure how/whether they make the Gold available. First priority will be NMF.
@MoTownBlues we received the scholarship via snail mail not online
Thinking it’s not a good sign that my D received a letter in the mail telling her about the Share My App Program that would make it easy to share her application with the other MN campuses! lol.
Don’t worry my son got the same thing after he was already accepted at Twin Cities.
S1 accepted into CSB.
33 ACT
3.6 UW GPA
Rigorous schedule(12 AP’s) at top MN public HS.
@JBStillFlying yes he is NMSF. I guess I’ve never heard of the National merit liaison? I just assumed putting it into his application was enough. I guess I can have him call admissions to find out who to notify of his interest.
@Booajo - haven’t been on the UMN NMSF page since my own kid was named SF last year but now I see they have removed that contact person. Here is the link, which you’ve probably already seen: https://admissions.tc.umn.edu/nationalmerit/
He’s probably fine and as long as UMN is first choice he’ll be eligible for the Gold. However, I wouldn’t wait on that one. There is serious money for high stats kids who are NMF’s: my daughter was offered the Gold, a $5,000 Presidential, and a one-time $1,000 study abroad (she got into Carlson and they require study abroad, not that she would miss out on that otherwise 
). That’s pretty much 100% of tuition covered had she chosen UMN.
As D17 had applied before being named SF, we reached out to UMN to update them on her status. She ended up getting invited to Honors in Oct. and got her scholarships in Nov. That was the expecting timing, based on earlier years, for those who applied super early. While honors is college-specific the large scholarships are university-wide so hopefully your son will get the big bucks. But I’d shoot off an e-mail just so that nothing slips through the cracks. Last year another MN family with an NMF kid did not contact UMN and they were still waiting for any money in February. It never hurts to give them a heads up. A good question to ask is when does he need to specify UMN as his first choice. You can certainly contact them now if there is a high degree of certainty he’ll be finalist. Ding letters went out mid Jan. so no news is good news!
Deferred. 3.0 & 1240. Really good grade trends. 2.45,3.0,3.45, and 3.72(7th semester). Talked to the hawaii rep and he was really nice and told me he’d love for me to come & visit. Im going to UMN for a metting on 2/9…
Meeting***
Do you know who the National Merit liaison is? I just reread my son’s letter and it sounds like it is guaranteed as long as he lists Minnesota as first choice and accepts by May 1.
If I was deferred when’s the next time I can potentially hear again?
Hello, Just confirming what happens after the tracker shows only the 1 sentence. Presently, there are no suspicious messages in my D’s Communication Center. Does it update tonight with an acceptance/decision or does it happen tomorrow? Thank you much!
Got it, went back to the early part of the thread.
Great news - my D was accepted! College of Biological Sciences! Here are some stats:
OOS, Pennsylvania
1500 SAT (730 e, 770 m)
3.9 unweighted gpa, 5.1 weighted
6 APS - AP Chem (4), AP Environmental Science (4), AP Biology (5), AP Psych, AP Physics Mechanics, and AP Calc BC.
10 Honors classes
Varsity sport, volunteers as a tutor and for a hospital. Involved with an arts organization. Summer domestic mission trips with church youth group.National Merit Commended.
Looking forward to any possible merit or honors notifications.
Forgot to say applied 12/30, accepted 2/3