<p>Just a reminder...</p>
<p>There's always a few that forget to have their SAT scores sent to NMCorp, so do so today if you haven't already. It's not too late to have scores sent.</p>
<p>Nat'l Merit Corp 847-866-5100 </p>
<p>NMCorp SAT code 0085</p>
<p>Thanks! I did remember my SAT score… but there’s one thing I keep forgetting and to send my first-choice college.
To clarify–I can only get 2k max from a first-choice college, and if so I cannot get $ from the NMF?</p>
<p>Bump to the top for m2ck</p>
<p>lonely–
You can get more than 2k, but if you get $$ from the school or a corporate sponsor, then you don’t get it from National Merit Corp, if I understand their rules correctly.</p>
<p>I never knew that we were supposed to send SAT scores.
I am a semi-finalist, so it is required for me to send the scores, correct?
Ugh I’m annoyed that my school never told me about this.</p>
<p>You can only get one “official NMF scholarship”. </p>
<p>So, if the school one is “official” then you can’t get the ONE TIME $2500 NMCorp one. </p>
<p>However, if the school one in unofficial, then you can get both. :)</p>
<p>*I never knew that we were supposed to send SAT scores.
I am a semi-finalist, so it is required for me to send the scores, correct?
Ugh I’m annoyed that my school never told me about this. *</p>
<p>:) </p>
<p>It’s for kids like you that I made this thread. Glad it’s going to help you.</p>
<p>YES…you MUST send your SAT score. Use the code above. Do it NOW so you don’t forget!!!</p>
<p>BTW…congrats on becoming a NMSF!</p>
<p>Is it normal for score-send status to still be pending after nearly a week? On average how long does it take for a score to be processed. Don’t think the holidays would be a factor considering deadlines are so close for certain schools etc</p>
<p>thank you for this post!</p>
<p>@Cadillac, almost all of the schools and score sending agencies took off from at least Wednesday before Thanksgiving through the weekend. So, I think it’s pretty normal that the status is still pending.</p>
<p>Around how much do the “official” college-sponsored scholarships usually range?
I got the impression from the NMF packet that they were pretty low.</p>
<p>Also: around 90% or so of semifinalists get finalist, correct? Who are those 10%–did their SAT scores simply not confirm their PSAT, or could they just not have high-rigor transcripts or a weak essay?
If my SAT score and grades are fine, can I expect to get finalist?</p>
<p>@ mom2collegekids,
thanks so much for the reminder! I don’t know if I would have forgiven myself if I had never sent my scores.</p>
<p>btw- do we only send SAT I scores?</p>
<p>Yes. Only SAT I scores are necessary.</p>
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People with SAT scores below 1950 or so, GPAs below 2.5 or so, criminal records, intense disciplinary issues, or who forget to send things in.</p>
<p>If you don’t fit the above, you can assume you’ll get finalist.</p>
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Yep, though I sent SAT IIs, as well, because I used a free score report from SAT II registration in October.</p>
<p>I’m just glad that this thread helped at least 1 student.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for this thread mom2collegekids, I never knew. Completely slipped my mind; I just assumed they had a way of accessing our scores, or that my school would do it.</p>
<p>Apparently this reminder was quite a good idea!</p>
<p>Gosh…I wonder if I should post another thread somewhere else? I’d hate to see a kid not make NMF over this.</p>
<p>If you wanted to put it in “College Admissions” and maybe “High School Life” as well, it might reach others.</p>
<p>That is why I bumped it up–it was on p. 14 and about to disappear. If we can’t sticky it, we need to keep it near the top.</p>
<p>I added it to the Parents Forum and the SAT forum.</p>
<p>If a student wants to add it to Student Life or some other forum that NMSF’s likely frequent, please do. You can just copy/paste post #1.</p>