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<p>Who are “people”? </p>
<p>(1) If they’re other high school students, they’re idiots. Ignore them.</p>
<p>(2) If they’re your high school guidance counselors . . . see comment (1) above.</p>
<p>And don’t worry about the PSAT/NMSF - there are plenty of schools that will be happy to give you a merit scholarship based on high ACT scores! Look at [this</a> thread](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html]this”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html) about guaranteed scholarships.</p>