<p>My D got 217 in her PSAT, ended up with Commended status.
I am in researching for any scholarship opportunities those are eligible for commended status. Is anyone familiar with this situation, or is this status ever helped in any scholarship opportunity.</p>
<p>BTW, my D got admitted to Computer Science from Umich, UIUC, Purdue, Ga Tech, CMU (ECE). Just wondering if any of these college recognize her NMS Commended status for scholarships.</p>
<p>I highly doubt it.</p>
<p>In all the years following the NMSQT stuff, I think I’ve only seen one rather unknown school offer something to commended. </p>
<p>The schools that you just listed probably have a whole bunch of Commended students in Computer Science since Commended status is for about a 202 PSAT. </p>
<p>What were your D’s ACT or SAT scores? If those are very high, then maybe some of those schools will give merit for those. Purdue gives about $10k for high test scores. UIUC is awful with merit. GT gives some highly competitive merit and the awards are unpredictable. Has your D been named a semi-finalist for any GT awards?</p>
<p>???</p>
<p>your D got admitted to CMU as an ED applicant? Why are you asking about other schools? did she decline CMU?</p>
<p>Is CMU = Carnegie Mellon and what is ECE?</p>
<p>None of those schools have scholarships for Commended status. A few schools do, but usually they are much lower tier.</p>
<p>If you happen to live in Ohio or Oklahoma, there are a couple of pretty good engineering schools with scholarships for in-state students (Wright State and Oklahoma State).</p>
<p>Some examples of colleges offering awards regardless of your home state are Minnesota-Morris, Abilene Christian, Liberty, Southern Adventist, Saint Catherine U., and Messiah College.</p>
<p>UMich does not even offer merit aid to NM finalist, not to mentioned for commended. She may still get some merit aid disregarding her NM status though. I guess paisahunt is waiting for the financial aid package from CMU to decide as one may withdraw an ED offer due to financial reason. However, one may not have a chance to compare the CMU FA to the financial aid package from other schools before the decision.</p>
<p>So ECE = ED?</p>
<p>^ I think ECE is referring to Electrical & Computer Engineering. I guess only the ED admission result is announced while RD is not, so we are assuming his/her D is accepted through ED.</p>
<p>@mom2collegekids
Yes, we declined CMU.
Here are my daughter stats.
SAT:2260 (Math ->750, CR ->710, WR->800)
Subject tests: (Math2 ->760, Chemistry ->760, Literature ->710, US Hist -> 730)
Ap Tests: (Calc BC: 5, Chemistry:5, Comp-Sci:5,Eng-Litt:5, US-Hist:5)</p>
<p>If GPA is high enough, those SAT scores will grant better scholarships than commended status.</p>
<p>See:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/16451378-post300.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/16451378-post300.html</a></p>
<p>Unfortunately many of the deadlines for these have passed, most notably Alabama and Louisiana Tech.</p>
<p>I would suggest looking at Temple, Alabama-Huntsville, Ole Miss, and Ohio.</p>
<p>What is your home state?</p>
<p>SAT:2260 (Math ->750, CR ->710, WR->800)</p>
<p>Did she apply anywhere where those stats would get large merit?</p>
<p>I don’t know what UDayton’s deadlines are…check them out. </p>
<p>UAH’s “priority deadline” is passed for scholarships, but your D would likely still get a large award.</p>
<p>You are about a week too late for Alabama’s big merit. However, if you were to contact the Exec Director and plead your case, she might still award as a female eng’g applicant. Let me know if interested, I will tell you how to proceed.</p>
<p>Note to younger students (or parents) reading this thread…</p>
<p>If you’re applying ED to a school and you need aid that you might not get, then ALSO apply to schools where your child will get large merit for your stats as back up schools. Trying to find large merit at this point is almost impossible unless going to a little known school.</p>
<p>Purdue will likely give her $10k per year for her SAT…maybe a bit more for being a female.</p>
<p>Tell us more…
How much merit do you need? How much CAN you pay each year?</p>
<p>I see that you’re instate for UC’s. </p>
<p>UIUC is stingy with merit.</p>
<p>@ mom2collegekids
I hope that is true. My D is also waiting for the merit aid from Purdue but have not heard anything yet.</p>
<p>Purdue has an EARLY scholarship deadline I see (ugh!) Nov 8th…which was an extension!!</p>
<p>When did y’all apply to Purdue?</p>
<p>The Purdue merit awards used to be more cut and dry…now they are a range for OOS students…ranging from $5k - 16k per year. those $16k are highly competitive.</p>
<p>Bill…what are your child’s stats? are they a likely NMF?</p>
<p>awards from Purdue come out mid Feb.</p>
<p>My D apply EA in October and got accepted on 12/13. She is a likely NMF with 4.0 GPA and 35 in ACT. Do you think that would give her good merit aid? She did not submit her SAT1, SAT2 and AP scores as they are not required for admission. She tried to self report them in CommonApp but it seems Purdue block those numbers. Now I am a little regret to save that little money by not submitting SAT1/SAT2 scores.</p>
<p>Many schools have calculators on their websites. You enter your kids stats like G.P.A and SAT… and it tells you how much merit aid they will get. That SAT score will get a pretty nice award from many good schools but time is of the essence. It is past application deadline for many schools already.</p>
<p>Bill…how much merit are you looking for? Does Purdue have any NMF awards for OOS students (are you OOS)?</p>
<p>She should try applying to UT-Dallas–known for CS and Engineering. She can get full tuition and fees plus $2000/year toward room/board based on her SAT scores. Their website says to apply by Feb. 1 for acceptance by Mar 1 priority deadline, though, so she should HURRY if she wants to apply. It is unfortunate that it is so late in the season.</p>
<p>BobWallace, you do not need to be an Ohio resident for a commended scholar award at Wright State. You just have to pay the out of state difference.</p>