<p>Has anyone gotten a letter awarding the $2500 one time award? Can it be used at any college-including those not on the NM list? Has any one gotten a first choice school match letter? or is that just awarded by the college when you get financial aid letter?</p>
<p>^ Yes, I'm pretty sure you can use the $2.5k at any accredited college.</p>
<p>I haven't gotten anything in the mail yet about the formal NM scholarship...has anyone in the Northeast?</p>
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<p>According to the NMSC site, those letters go out on March 25th. To see the calendar, scroll down to the last page of this document.</p>
<p>D got her letter from NMSC today. She is awarded a corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship, $2000/yr renewable to 4 yrs.</p>
<p>Thanks Quill Pen, that's what I wanted to know :)
<em>crossing my fingers!</em></p>
<p>jack1232 - was it from your/husband's employer? still say that this process is confusing -
daughter contacted by nm directly that they were looking at her for the $2500 national award - if it is so prestigious, how come it is for less money? I know that one school i contacted said that they would renew the $2500 subsequent years, even though NM doesn't.</p>
<p>yes, from our employer. our company is a sponsor of NMS. Corporate-sponsored usually with more money.</p>
<p>jack1232, do you mind sharing which company?</p>
<p>as long as you qualify for corporate-sponsored award (i.e., one of parents' employer is a sponsor of NMSC), you usually get $2000/yr for 4 yrs, regardless which company is the sponsor.</p>
<p>Too bad no one I know works at a qualifying corporate sponsor...will be waiting for the week of the 25th...</p>
<p>Do the college sponsored letters go out 3/25 as well? The college ones in general seem to be worth about $1000 renewable for 4 years-at lease at the school S has applied to. It is better than the one time $2500...what college is renewing that?</p>
<p>I just checked the link on NM dates- thanks. Do you all see it as saying that if a college is chosen (because we got the letter saying to immediately choose one), to change the college they must 1) become "undecided" & notify NM of this & 2) pick another college before letters are mailed on 4/29?
<a href="http://www.nationalmerit.org/Merit_R&I_Leaflet.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.nationalmerit.org/Merit_R&I_Leaflet.pdf</a></p>
<p>has anybody gotten anything from a college/NM?</p>
<p>if <em>someone</em> had received anything from national merit, they would only be permitted to notify their immediate family of this until may 6th.</p>
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Yes. I <em>imagine</em> that the notification letter will say that “only your immediate family should be told of your selection until Wednesday, May 6.”</p>
<p>Not that we would have any insight into this whatsoever. <em>cough</em></p>