<p>Northstarmom: While I agree with what you say, my point really was that all these colleges will learn of a student's high PSAT score and NM status (commended, semifinalist or finalist), regardless of whether he/she puts the school down as a 1st choice or sends them information. If I'm not mistaken, every school in the country is notified of high PSAT scorers, not by the student, but (I assume) by NM. I have actually never heard of any student (having to) contact universities about their NM status, except when one is a NM finalist and needs to evenutally put down a 1st choice school. That's the one thing in this whole process, it seems to me, that's done for a student-- for free. Obviously, if one is applying to a school, all this would be put down on an application. Maybe I'm mis-understanding what this person is asking.</p>