<p>Hi guys,
I was just wondering if any of you have heard from Nat'l Merit about whether you're a NM Scholar. I'd really love to get some money for college since I didn't qualify for financial aid... but I'm worried that since I haven't heard anything I'm just a finalist not a scholar. </p>
<p>What have you all heard?</p>
<p>Hey,</p>
<p>You might want to contact them, because they (apparently, according to the header) sent out the letters for the $2500 Scholarship on March 20. </p>
<p>Me being international, I didn't quite get it until a bit after their reply deadline, and they didn't quite get it even after I sent it... a bit after. <em>crosses fingers that the reply did make it over the ocean.</em></p>
<p>Cheers.</p>
<p>Oh, wow, that's good to know. I guess I didn't get it then. Bummer. I thought they would've at least told us we didn't rather than just never contact us again.</p>
<p>Edit: I just found this on the National Merit page, so maybe we still have a shot:</p>
<p>"Beginning in March and continuing to mid-June, NMSC notifies approximately 8,200 Finalists at their home addresses that they have been selected to receive a Merit Scholarship® award"</p>
<p>D is in same boat. I think it is over. There are not that many of the basic $2500 ones out of the 8,200 thousand. Someplace they list the approximate number. Most of the scholarships, as I understand it, come from the schools and corporations. D's school does not, and I teach. So basically it is no money.</p>
<p>Called them about 10 days back and they have pretty much sent letters to all those who got the $2500. Only about 2500 finalists got it. So if you haven't yet got their letter yet, probably you didn't get selected for the $2500
See press release below:
<a href="http://www.nationalmerit.org/nmsc_08_nationalscholars.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.nationalmerit.org/nmsc_08_nationalscholars.pdf</a></p>
<p>Ah well. Thanks for the information! Maybe some corporation will decide to give me something, since my university awards no merit scholarships.</p>
<p>Too bad. Princeton doesn't give anything and both my parents work for the government :( Ahh I can't believe I didn't get any finaid. My younger sister probably will, though, because at that point my parents will be paying 40,000+ a year for Princeton. Gah.</p>
<p>D got a letter yesterday from nm saying she did not get one of the awards. Apparently there are some corporate or school ones left. But that would be less a function of merit and someone working for a company or choosing a school who gives them. The really are not honest when the amount they give is only around 17% leaving 83% to others to give out. On the positive side we never expected any in the first place, once we knew the odds.</p>
<p>I got one a while back in March sometime.</p>