<p>Now that we have official confirmation that we're NMF, do we need to report this news to the universities we've applied to?</p>
<p>i was wondering the same thing. i wasn't planning on notifying any schools becuase i bet they just assume all semifinalists with good grades and high SAT scores are finalists. and doesn't NMSC release the list of finalists to schools anyway?</p>
<p>hmm I would think so.
Because I heard that some schools (I'm thinking of Stanford in particular) don't want to be bogged down by extra information that you send in.
I'm notifying the school that I got deferred from, but probably not the others.</p>
<p>What are the right questions to ask colleges about the way they view National Merit top choice designation?
I am thinking of asking if they give the $2000 college-sponsored award and if they give anything beyond that. And if it's renewable.</p>