Got our certificate from school yesterday and letter in the mail to the house today.
The letter is listed in informed delivery today in Southern California.
The letter arrived in San Diego today.
We also received the letter today in WA.
Received our letter yesterday in So Cal. Still no word from the high school.
Received letter today at home, but no informed delivery scan, and nothing heard from school. Houston, TX
Whew! Just now received today in Atlanta. Poor mailman probably thought I was stalking him all week. Congrats to all!
Received it here (DFW) in mail. Still heard nothing from school after an email (from me) and a call (from my husband) to school inquiring the certificate.
Congratulations to all!
Received letter in MA today. No word from school yet.
DD will likely attend a Florida school. What about you guys? Where are you/your kids planning to go?
@tnknes which Florida college? Congrats!!!
Came to NC today (or sooner, we hadn’t checked the mailbox for a bit). Also got an offer for a full ride and free room and board from UT Dallas today for being a finalist. I’m not going (didn’t even apply) but it was nice
Are the finalist names released to colleges? I thought NMSC didn’t publish the finalist names…
If a student doesn’t know where they’ll commit yet, is it best to list “undecided” for now, rather than randomly choosing one of the schools they’ve applied (and have not yet been accepted to)?
I think they probably sell their lists to colleges that want to market to NMF. I doubt that they send the list to all colleges.
@amsunshine in the NMF letter it explains that the schools are only sent the list of students who have listed them as number one. The letter from UTD today said (at least ours) “if selected as national merit finalist”, but they made it look like a certificate, and finalist was in larger writing than the “if selected”. Those mailings are based on the press releases of the NMSF list!
DD20 put down her deposit for UCF within a couple hours of the letter arriving. Charge On!
Luke’s recent email from UCF made mention of “your recent status as a National Merit Finalist” which made me wonder if he had the list.
@twinmommy - not yet decided. She got in at USF, FSU and UM. Waiting for UF and UCF(recently applied). UM did not give any scholarship, so is probably out. Her goal is to go med school. We’ll visit all schools in the spring before deciding. Any thoughts on which school is better for doing pre-med and prepares her well for med school?
Received letter in northern California yesterday. School checked the mails only on Wednesdays, so we only got the news on Wed.
Letter in arrived Phoenix yesterday!
Congratulations to all!!!