Ugh. Just called the school counselor and she didn’t know what I was talking about! Said she’d check with the principal and then hung up. 
our gc said this morning that she has not heard anything yet. i wonder if i should ask the principal. i’m truly starting to panic… worrying something weird happened.
@amsunshine IIRC, Cl = size of graduating class divided by 10, % Col = percent of students at school that attend college divided by 10, Rank = rank in class (I’m not sure if this is a top percent because I remember one of my kids had a number that was not correct for an absolute rank), Type = type of high school (1=public, 2=private, 3=other). The numbers will fill in after the school/counselor does their part of the application.
I just don’t know what’s up with our school this year. We typically have over 20 NMSF each year so this isn’t something new for them.
Historically they have told the kids about a week prior to press release day. We have the same adminnistration and the same GC’s so I have no idea what’s up. DS is holding off sending his college application until he gets ‘official’ word. Looks like I’ll be calling NMSC first thing on Wednesday morning…
@FLParent888 NMSC releases the lists directly to the media outlets so it just depends on if/when your newspaper publishes it I think the notices go out tonight.
wednesday morning cannot come soon enough!
Looks like press releases have been sent and some papers have jumped the gun
Thank you! This kind of makes sense. We do not know my dd20’s rank because it has never been on her transcript and never discussed with the school. We’ll have to see if that is accurate. I appreciate the help!
more gun jumpers:
https://www.capjournal.com/news/hancock-howard-semifinalists-in-national-merit-scholarship-program/article_bfed7b52-d3e8-11e9-95fd-0b158237f6ff.html
We are holding off on apps too - want to be able to check the box for semifinalist. We know from our state cutoff; but are waiting for official confirmation.
Dallas ISD posted NMSF on facebook
https://thehub.dallasisd.org/2019/09/10/fifteen-dallas-isd-students-are-national-merit-scholarship-semifinalists/?fbclid=IwAR3FQIjg9tj_E1CB2kdWu4ziqi3eF5UPeXFlY5eEjJuOSuDoj8zpKqtCZzw
wow. quite a few schools across the country have posted on facebook.
I’ve seen some mentions on Twitter, as well.
There are a lot of announcements by schools on Twitter. Search for “national merit” and sort by latest. Some schools were announcing right away.
They announced at DD’s school today as promised - pulled the NMSF kids out of class and gave them cupcakes. Feeling calmer now and hoping everyone who hasn’t heard will get confirmation by tomorrow
DS just got home - they told him during 4th period today, nothing like dragging it out! He’s logging into his portal as I type:-)
Still no word here… or cupcakes!
good grief. even the chicago tribune has published names.
Will Commended Students be publicized tomorrow as well?
I’ve been reading this board for a while and my first post. DD20 is sitting at 222 in TX and her school still has not told them. We are in the frustrated camp. I just don’t understand. Guess we’ll call tomorrow if she doesn’t get a letter