National Merit Finalist scholarship expectations

Paying for College
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<p>I am a National Merit semifinalist (application submitted; set to be finalist) from Minnesota.<br>
My PSAT score is 219
My SAT score is 2210 (800/720/690)
What should I expect scholarship wise?</p>

<p>Schools of interest include University of Minnesota, University of Virginia, Northwestern, and Carnegie-Mellon.</p>

<p>Thanks for the help!</p>

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<p>Well, you need to look at each school’s website and see if they award anything for NMF status. I don’t think any of those schools award much if anything. </p>

<p>Are you expecting/wanting some NMF scholarship money? If so, then apply to the schools that award such. </p>

<p>Will those schools be unaffordable if you don’t get award money? If so, then your list may need tweaking.</p>

<p>What is the 690 in?</p>

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<p>CMU: nothing
Northwestern:$2,000/yr, but if you have financial need it probably won’t help you as typically those scholarships are counted against need. That is their only merit scholarship
UMN-Twin Cities: $10-12K/yr, With the extra $2K depending on financial need and a good chance of extra merit scholarships non-NMF that stack with the NMF award.
UVA: IDK</p>

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<p>There is a subforum for NMF, and at the top you will find a compilation of large NMF scholarships. </p>

<p>If you get the student handbook for NMSC it lists all schools that award official NMF scholarships (generally $1-2k per year).</p>

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<p>UVa does not sponsor NM scholarships.</p>

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<p>BobWallace is the one who keeps this list organized and updated and we all love him.</p>

<p>The annual report online on NMSC site also lists the colleges that sponsor and how many awards they sponsored the previous year.</p>

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<p>Here is a list of large scholarships for National Merit Finalists (and sometimes Semifinalists and other statuses):</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/649276-nmf-scholarships-updated-compilation-56.html#post16465904[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/649276-nmf-scholarships-updated-compilation-56.html#post16465904&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;