NMF application -- app and I are here, kid is six hours away

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<p>Kid is in college already; he was named a NMSF. I picked up his application packet at his former high school, scanned the application and emailed it to him because the deadline to return it to the school was very short. He filled out the three pages he is supposed to fill out and sent me his essay in an email. </p>

<p>He then scanned the completed application pages -- which were a printout of the scanned images I sent him -- and emailed those to me.</p>

<p>I'll print out the emailed essay to affix to the pages.</p>

<p>BUT.... the scanned pages he sent don't look great, though they are legible. The kid didn't quite get <em>everything</em> on the pages he should have (little things, like college entrance date! and the grade he was in when he got an award). </p>

<p>I don't know whether using the scanned pages is okay, and whether it's okay for me to write in the couple or three things the kid didn't fill out on the app. I'll try to call the NMSC tomorrow before dropping his application off at school to ask, but don't know whether their office will be open early enough for me to get hold of someone before I have to leave to drop this at school (on my way to work).</p>

<p>Anyone here happen to know whether the scanned pages/adding info he forgot is okay? The app must be at the school in the morning.</p>

<p>Also, there are 9 other NMSFs at the kid's high school. Must all the apps for these finalists be mailed back to NMSC at the same time? I'm wondering whether it might be better to have the school hold this app until the day before the deadline, for my kid will be here on October 12 and could fill out the actual application then. </p>

<p>Thanks in advance!!</p>

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<p>Considering your unusual situation, I don’t see why the high school cannot be more flexible with their deadline to turn in the form. It sounds like they’ve set an arbitrary date for students to hand it in, although I guess they want to leave themselves enough time to complete their section. However, it seems fair to allow you the extra time even if they hold the other NMSF students to today’s deadline.</p>

<p>The bottom line for the high school, it would seem to me, is to help as many of their students as possible get to finalist status.</p>

<p>My son doesn’t have to turn his completed form to the school until Oct. 9, but then he didn’t receive it until Sept. 16.</p>

<p>Good luck, I hope this works out.</p>

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<p>If I remember correctly, the school sends all NMF paperwork together.</p>

<p>If I were you, I would just fix whatever I could myself and submit.</p>

<p>That’s what my kid would want me to do.</p>

<p>Note to others…some schools don’t care how many or how few NMF they have…I don’t get that.</p>

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<p>I’m assuming “the kid” is your son? What a rude parent, at least you could say “my kid”. Lol.</p>

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<p>^ OP did say “my kid” in the last sentence :).</p>

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<p>wait, your child has already graduated? Did he start college after his Jr year? I suggest you call NMF, but I think your son’s application might be a year too late, unless I’m reading something wrong.</p>

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<p>I think I read somewhere that the OP’s kid went to college early.</p>

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<p>Why can’t I post a post upon this page? I do not know; I have tried thrice. The eternal why mocks me and my posting prowess is gone!</p>

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<p>Oh, great… figures THAT one would take!</p>

<p>Yes, the kid went to college early, after his sophomore year in high school, so he’s now a college freshman. His sophomore PSAT score was activated for this year’s NMF competition. </p>

<p>I called the NMSC folks this AM and haven’t heard back. After talking with the guidance counselor about what to do, I transferred all the kid’s answers over to the application, stapled the signature page to the sig page in the app, glued his essay in, and turned the application in.</p>

<p>My previous three (unposted) posts were longer and more elegant, of course…</p>

<p>Thanks, all, and PayFor, I hope this works out, too; NMF would be a nice honor for him to have.</p>

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<p>Good luck–it would be nice if he gets NMF & hope he’s enjoying college. :)</p>

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<p>Would guaranteed overnight delivery mail service help your situation a little better?</p>

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<p>I am totally fascinated by this. Had he been homeschooled before he went to high school? Did he “graduate” from HS, or did a college just accept his with the credits he had so far? </p>

<p>How did it all work. Congrats on having such a mature child who could handle going to college so early!!! Impressive!!!</p>

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<p>owlice, I would see whether the school can remove the staples and attach everything with
“nonshiny” tape - that’s how they wanted everything attached to the form.</p>

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<p>Thanks, HImom!</p>

<p>Proud_mom, probably yes on overnight delivery, but I was kind of afraid to let the actual application out of my hands! Plus, though there is improvement in this area, the kid isn’t the best about holding onto paperwork; my fear may be misplaced here, however, since he did hold onto the forms he printed off and did get them back to me.</p>

<p>HighlandMom, the school suggested the stapler, so that’s what I did. I think it’s not common to have to attach a separate signature page. The application says “affix securely,” but does not specify how, so the essay is glued in (the GC says that’s what she always does) and the sig page, which is an internal page, is stapled. I hope it’s all okay!</p>

<p>mom2, the kid did not graduate; he simply didn’t return to high school this year. I’m kind of fascinated by this, too, since he’s too young to drop out of high school officially (there is paperwork for this) – next week, though, he will be! – and I haven’t found a procedure which covers this scenario. But so far, so good… no truancy cops on my doorstep yet!! :)</p>

<p>He is at Simon’s Rock, which is a college for kids who leave high school early (after 10th or 11th grade) to go to college; average age of the incoming freshman class is 16, so he’s with same-aged peers, which was a parental unit requirement for early college entrance.</p>

<p>He was not homeschooled; he was in special ed schools (not just classes, but schools) through 7th grade; he was mainstreamed in 8th, so had three years of “regular” school. He has an autistic-spectrum disorder, and is also very bright; he has consistently done best when with other very bright kids, such as at CTY summer camps. He already had experience living away from home, living in dorms and attending classes on a college campus. He’d have been taking all AP courses had he returned to high school for his junior year, which was not a happy prospect as some AP courses are so stretched out (taking a full year for a semester college course). He was not happy in his large public high school; he’s much happier where he is now.</p>

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<p>Good to hear he’s enjoying college!</p>

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<p>Owlice, we homeschool and the instructions said to affix the transcript, etc. with “nonshiny” tape. We even googled and the first hit was a discussion here at CC ;)</p>

<p>Glad he’s enjoying college as well - you’re a great mom to run the marathon with him!</p>