<p>If you dig deeply enough into your NMSC semifinalist packet, you'll find a flowchart giving dates of all the stages in the National Merit competition.</p>
<p>On this year's chart, it says "Semifinalists who do not advance to Finalist standing notified" January 2006. That said, has anyone (or their friends) heard this horrible news?</p>
<p>My friend was notified in mid-January that he hadn't made Finalist. He wasn't too upset, though.</p>
<p>I guess no news really is good news. Good luck, everyone.</p>
<p>hysteron - do you know of any reason why your friend didn't make it. Not to be personal, since 15 out of every 16 advance . . . ?</p>
<p>hysteron - did your friend get notified that he hadn't made it through the school or did he get a letter at home?</p>
<p>wow, so if we <em>haven't</em> heard from them yet, we're finalists? woot woot!</p>
<p>I haven't heard either way yet, so I hope so.</p>
<p>My friend received a letter at home 2-3 weeks ago. His SAT scores were good (800 V, 790 M), but his GPA and class rank are quite low. </p>
<p>I went to my counselor's office today, and he told me that they'd received a list of those students who had been eliminated in mid-January.</p>
<p>Word is out to the schools today. Happily I made it. Now just wait to hear about the cash!</p>
<p>I too heard today that I'm a finalist. Yay. 16K to 15K isn't that huge of a jump, but I'm still pretty happy.</p>
<p>I haven't heard either way yet. Should I be worried since I haven't been notified by my school or received a letter? Also, where do you live (those of you who hvae heard that you're finalists)? Maybe the mail is just really slow...</p>
<p>kkm---I haven't found out either, but if you haven't recieved a letter in Mid-January saying you <em>weren't</em> a Finalist, you should be fine. I bet my school got the letter today, and I'll hear tomorrow. At least I hope so! </p>
<p>good luck to you, I'm sure you'll be fine.</p>
<p>The snail mail hasn't apparently made it to Arkansas yet either. Hopefully tomorrow. DD (and Mom and counselor, etc.) would really like to know for sure.</p>
<p>Snail mail did finally make it to Arkansas. D is finalist. First one in 7 years for her school.</p>
<p>My son's school announced today that all 3 of their semi's made NMF.</p>