<p>bettzke – we knew that several of the schools on S1’s list didn’t offer NMF awards. Others didn’t care about demonstrated interest (Cornell, for example, didn’t even have a place for S to sign in that he had visited, and I understand most of the Ivies are unconcerned about your love for them). Two were big flagships, and S had already gotten a love letter from his in-state flagship based on his March SAT scores by the time we got the NM letter.</p>
<p>Therefore, we sent them to the two privates he really liked and who would appreciate demonstrated interest (esp. since he was geographically diverse for them).</p>
<p>Did it make any difference? I doubt it. He was accepted at both, but he had a pretty strong package anyway. </p>
<p>Token – no word at S2’s school on letters, and nothing at home, either.</p>