How to Use National Merit Corp. College Plans Reporting Service?

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<p>the website is <a href=“http://www.collegeplans.org%5B/url%5D”>www.collegeplans.org</a>, but you need the ID and Password from the letter.
You should contact the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for help.</p>

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<p>what if i am undecided?? is that an option?</p>

<p>and is the consensus to generally choose schools that have a penchant for national merit kids?</p>

<p>and if it helps i will be NMSF, rather than commended.</p>

<p>help, please!</p>

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<p>GS will (most probably) be a National Merit Finalist
(Thinking PSAT scores, SAT scores, great grades and (forthcoming) great teacher rec.) </p>

<p>Is there a link to schools that would be partial to NMF with $$? </p>

<p>Although Ivies are on his list - I think that sending to schools that are partial to ‘demonstrated interest’ would be a help. </p>

<p>FYI - We are hoping for a Questbridge ‘match’ - of the schools on the Questbridge list, we were thinking of Rice and Pomona? </p>

<p>Comments would be appreciated…</p>

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<p>here is a listing of where NMF’s matriculated in 2007, and the # sponsored by each college.
Many of the “top” colleges[ HYPS]do NOT sponsor NMF’s[ attending students don’t receive the $2000 scholarship] in part because they don’t need to attract top students. That does not mean they don’t care if an applicant is a NMF, but seniors might not want to “waste” a notification on a college that does not sponsor a NMF, should they be accepted. </p>

<p>2007 FRESHMAN MERIT SCHOLARS
2007 scholars<br>
Total Sponsored by college 2006 total<br>

  1. Harvard U. 285 0 294
  2. U. of Texas at Austin 283 232 250
  3. Northwestern U. 249 186 198
  4. U. of Southern California 231 195 206
  5. Washington U. in St. Louis 204 154 241
  6. U. of Chicago 196 156 196
  7. Yale U. 183 0 186
  8. Princeton U. 179 0 153
  9. U. of Oklahoma 175 137 140
  10. Texas A&M U. at College Station 173 134 134
  11. Vanderbilt U. 172 116 134
  12. U. of Florida 168 132 257
  13. U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 166 127 144
  14. Stanford U. 164 0 153
  15. New York U. 159 137 145
  16. Rice U. 159 95 140
  17. Arizona State U. 150 127 189
  18. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 138 0 135
  19. Ohio State U. 118 93 115
  20. U. of Pennsylvania 115 0 100
  21. Georgia Institute of Technology 100 73 106
  22. U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities 96 73 75<br>
  23. Brigham Young U. 95 70 88<br>
  24. Duke U. 90 0 118
  25. Purdue U. 87 66 84<br>
  26. Baylor U. 84 70 82<br>
  27. U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 84 56 76<br>
  28. Carleton College 83 64 99<br>
  29. Brown U. 80 0 94<br>
  30. U. of Alabama at Tuscaloosa 73 60 82<br>
  31. U. of Arizona 70 58 93<br>
  32. Harvey Mudd College 68 52 44<br>
  33. U. of Tulsa 68 55 63<br>
  34. U. of Nebraska at Lincoln 66 54 46<br>
  35. Columbia U. 62 0 62<br>
  36. U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor 62 0 58<br>
  37. Emory U. 60 40 51<br>
  38. U. of California at Berkeley 60 0 70<br>
  39. Tufts U. 59 43 51<br>
  40. Indiana U. at Bloomington 57 42 57<br>
  41. Oberlin College 53 46 53<br>
  42. Dartmouth College 51 0 69<br>
  43. U. of Maryland at College Park 51 38 57<br>
  44. Clemson U. 50 37 45<br>
  45. Cornell U. 47 0 64<br>
  46. U. of Notre Dame 46 0 56<br>
  47. U. of Georgia 45 30 58<br>
  48. Boston U. 44 27 56<br>
  49. St. Olaf College 43 35 36<br>
  50. U. of Central Florida 42 33 28<br>
  51. U. of Washington 41 25 43<br>
  52. Georgetown U. 40 0 50<br>
  53. Iowa State U. 40 25 48<br>
  54. Case Western Reserve U. 39 18 50<br>
  55. Macalester College 39 35 40<br>
  56. Michigan State U. 38 25 50<br>
  57. U. of Virginia 38 0 31<br>
  58. Louisiana State U. at Baton Rouge 37 31 39<br>
  59. U. of Arkansas at Fayetteville 37 33 41<br>
  60. California Institute of Technology 36 0 29<br>
  61. U. of South Carolina at Columbia 36 31 25<br>
  62. U. of Kansas 35 30 52<br>
  63. Grinnell College 34 26 36<br>
  64. U. of Rochester 32 26 24<br>
  65. Carnegie Mellon U. 31 0 21<br>
  66. Fordham U. 31 26 8<br>
  67. Brandeis U. 30 21 33<br>
  68. U. of Texas at Dallas 30 25 16<br>
  69. Bowdoin College 29 23 40<br>
  70. U. of Kentucky 29 22 31<br>
  71. U. of Wisconsin at Madison 29 4 20<br>
  72. West Virginia U. 29 23 11<br>
  73. Wheaton College (Ill.) 29 23 36<br>
  74. Auburn U. 28 22 29<br>
  75. U. of California at Los Angeles 28 0 25<br>
  76. Furman U. 27 21 20<br>
  77. U. of Cincinnati 27 22 33<br>
  78. Oklahoma State U. 26 20 21<br>
  79. Rutgers U. at New Brunswick 26 15 13<br>
  80. Southern Methodist U. 26 20 22<br>
  81. U. of Miami 26 20 25<br>
  82. Mississippi State U. 25 19 24<br>
  83. Washington and Lee U. 25 14 28<br>
  84. Johns Hopkins U. 24 0 31<br>
  85. Pomona College 24 6 22<br>
  86. Denison U. 23 19 29<br>
  87. Tulane U. 23 18 22<br>
  88. U. of Louisville 22 16 18<br>
  89. Williams College 22 0 16<br>
  90. Calvin College 21 18 29<br>
  91. Kenyon College 21 16 19<br>
  92. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 21 14 13<br>
  93. U. of Iowa 21 14 27<br>
  94. U. of Mississippi 21 12 38<br>
  95. U. of Utah 21 16 18<br>
  96. Swarthmore College 20 0 19<br>
  97. U. of Missouri at Columbia 20 17 25<br>
  98. U. of Pittsburgh 20 3 14<br>
    SOURCE: National Merit Scholarship Corporation</p>

<p>As you can see, USC attracts many top students with their automatic 1/2 tuition scholarship program [ Full disclosure- Son was a NMF, was accepted at numerous top 20 colleges and happily attends USC, along with many other equally smart friends]</p>

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<p>“what if i am undecided?? is that an option?”
You don’t have to notify NM who your final 1st choice is until after you know where you will be to college. The deadline is mid May</p>