NMF Status: Will a 3.0 GPA have a negative impact?

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<p>I am currently a National Merit Semi-Finalist. Due to circumstances, both in my control and beyond my control, my GPA in the first semester of my senior year is a 3.0 and I am worried, if I will be one of the few who will not progress to the Finalist status. </p>

<p>Here are my Questions:</p>

<p>1) Are schools required to send out the grades from the first semester of the senior year?</p>

<p>2) Is a lower GPA in the senior year (first semester) a reason some of the semifinalists do not make it to the finalist status. Looks like approximately 15200 out of the 16000 qualify for the finalist status. </p>

<p>Any CCers out there who were in a similar situation in the past?</p>

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<p>The Finalist application package is due to NM before the end of the first semester, so no, I don't believe they will see your first semester grades.</p>

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<p>Are you sure that the school counsellors do not have to send an update at the end of the first semester like they need to send to colleges.</p>

<p>I hope you are right.</p>

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<p>No updates required, at least not for advancement from NMSF to NMF. I'm not sure what happens beyond that, in consideration for the corporate scholarship.</p>