National Merit Scholarship and gap year

Paying for College
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<p>My son is a National Merit Finalist and he attends a very small private school.
Unfortunately for us there is no guidance councilor at his school to guide us.</p>

<p>My questions is could he take a gap year and apply to different school and still get National Merit Scholarship money for next year</p>

<p>He will be a Computer Science Major</p>

<p>My son applied to and was
rejected at
Princeton, Williams, Harvard</p>

<p>Wait listed at
Amherst, Haverford.</p>

<p>Accepted at</p>

<p>University of Texas at Dallas
with a full tuition scholarship
$1000 towards housing</p>

<p>But no meal plan and we have to buy everything for his apartment and flights home
We are in NY</p>

<p>Gordon College
with 75% tuition with loans of $12000 per year</p>

<p>Liberty University 100%
A couple of class mates are going</p>

<p>My son would love to attend Gordon but I call and they will not give any more finical aid.</p>

<p>My questions is could he take a gap year and apply to different school and still get National Merit Scholarship money?</p>

<p>I don't know what to do
Thanks Tina</p>

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<p>You would probably need to check with the schools in question. My daughter is not a NMF but has one of the larger scholarships at her school. The NMF scholarship at the school is made up of the scholarship she has plus additional funds. For her scholarship (the major component of the NMF scholarship) you are required to start at the school the fall following graduation from high school. It probably varies by school.</p>

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<p>Is it possible to do a gap year and reapply to different school and get scholarship?
Thanks</p>

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<p>The brochure my S received says that "Merit Scholarship recipients must enroll in college in the fall following selection." I've always read this as precluding a gap year, although a particular college might possibly award a scholarship based on your S's NM finalist status, without actually going through the administrative channels of the National Merit Scholarship Corp.</p>