<p>This might seem like a stupid question...but have there been any accounts of students receiving the National Merit $2500 before admissions are released, but then subsequently getting rejected by the indicated first choice college?</p>
<p>In other words, say I put college X as my first choice. I receive a letter from National Merit saying I won the 2.5k for use at college X, before decisions are to come out. Does this bode well for receiving a letter of acceptance from X?</p>
<p>that wouldn’t happen I don’t think. I believe how it works is if you get the $2500 scholarship from national merit you can use it wherever you want…the school you put down is notified that you’re a finalist and may or may not give you their own national merit scholarship, but even if you were rejected from your first choice school you can still get the actual $2500 nat’l merit scholarship.</p>
<p>in other words, read the second paragraph of your $2500 scholarship letter ;)</p>
<p>I put Stanford down as my first choice back when I was doing EA. Got rejected from Stanford, got the letter today, and it still said Stanford. National Merit doesn’t know what’s going on at whatever colleges you applied to.</p>
<p>Same here. I am not attending the college i listed as my first choice, but the form i must sign to receive the $2500 scholarship still lists that college. the letter says you can change the college “as soon as your college plans are firm”, but the form has a reply deadline of april 8. </p>
<p>does anyone know if the april 8 deadline is for the scholarship only, or also for the college change?</p>