National Merit Finalist Award letters

Paying for College National Merit Aid
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<p>DS received his in Florida today!!</p>

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<p>The $2500 scholarship winners are publicly announced in May, but they are privately notified of winning the scholarship in March.</p>

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<p>Letter arrived in Texas. Collective sigh of relief.</p>

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<p>@BobWallace,
Thanks for the info.</p>

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<p>@billcsho - NMSC mails offers of National Merit $2500 Scholarships - March 27th
<a href=“http://www.nationalmerit.org/Merit_R&I_Leaflet.pdf”>http://www.nationalmerit.org/Merit_R&I_Leaflet.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Just got the letter in Colorado - hooray!</p>

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<p>Another letter in Colorado! Woo-hoo!</p>

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<p>Anyone from the great state of California? :-/ </p>

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<p>I got mine in HI, so it should be in California very soon.</p>

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<p>S received today in Kansas! So proud of you.</p>

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<p>Got the letter in the mail yesterday as well as the one that was mailed to the school…</p>

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<p>son got the letter on Monday, February 10th in Michigan. But he still didn’t get the certificate through his school. I called NMSC and was told his school can contact NMSC and request another copy from NMSC.</p>

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<p>^ I read that some schools may hold the certificate until graduation to distribute.</p>

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<p>got letter for finalist in PA today. </p>

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<p>Received letter in SoCal today! </p>

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<p>We still haven’t received ours in SoCal so we just called and they confirmed that she made it and a letter had been mailed.</p>

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<p>Still nothing in SoCal :frowning:
Hopefully today is the day. </p>

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<p>Have the home letter and the school has the certificate here in Texas. After a year and a half of waiting, checking and double checking that we had done everything and then waiting some more, it seems kind of surreal. I keep wondering if there is something else we have to do. But instead we are filling out honors dorm applications…feeling blessed</p>

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<p>I am still confused. If you name a college and get their scholarship offer. Can you still receive the $2500? I think not, but not sure. Also, is there a difference in designation? Meaning that if you are a NM Finalist, Are you a National Merit Scholar? Or is that left to the 8000 NMF who receive the $2500 scholarship monies?</p>

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<p>There are 2500 winners of the $2500 NMSC scholarship. If you get that scholarship you are not eligible for “official” college- or corporate-sponsored NMF scholarships. The large “unofficial” NMF scholarships that many colleges offer are not affected.</p>