Can I get both National Merit Finalist Presidential Award and Normal Presidential Award for USC?

Hi, I just found out today I was named a NMSC Semifinalist, and had a question about their scholarship system. I know that USC is pretty notorious for having bad financial aid, so I was wondering if its possible to get both the Half-tuition for NMSC Finalists Presidential and half-tuition normal Presidential Award, if accepted to their Scholarship admission process.

No, the two half-tuition Presidential scholarships do not stack.

If you are accepted to USC and are a NMSF who designates USC as your first choice with NMSC by May 31, you will automatically receive the half-tuition Presidential scholarship.

If you apply to USC before the Dec 1 deadline, your application will be considered for the full-tuition Trustee scholarship.

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