Is College Plan Reporting Service useful?

Parents Forum
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<p>The National Merit Scholarship Corporation asks my kid to name 2 colleges of choice by May 28 so that they can forward PSAT score and other info. I am confused by this. How useful is this free College Plan Reporting Service? Don't the colleges already know about this info and send a lot of mail and brochures to students after they took the PSAT?</p>

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<p>This is really not that useful from our experience. A lot of schools that care about a student's PSAT scores already know about your child's excellent score and will send over tons of materials.</p>

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<p>If there are any schools on his list that are big on "demonstrated interest", send the scores to those. It does not really matter otherwise.</p>

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<p>By all means, name two schools...but don't lose sleep over it.</p>

<p>The mail will come no matter what.</p>

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<p>My son selected two schools. My husband, who was a NM scholar, does not remember this program, but it does not cost anything but two minutes on the computer! Go for it!</p>