<p>I was shocked at how little S1’s counselors knew about the process. Considering the HS has a handful of NMFs every year. They seem to think if they write a glowing recommendation, that is all there is to it.</p>
<p>You should be extremely proud of your son. Not sure there was anything that could have been done to solve things for him other than to help him understand it was a tough road. </p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>
<p>While researching schools for another student, I came across this scholarship for Semi-finalists at Western Kentucky U. (This is copied and pasted directly from their website.) It is unclear whether they give “in-state tuition” to out-of-state students. Also, since they list nothing specifically for Finalists, I wondered if this was a “mistake” on the website, so I would definitely call the school to confirm details. (WKU also has other very generous ACT score-based scholarships, but the biggest ones are competitive.)
For the poster who is interested in KY scholarships for SEMIFINALISTS who possibly won’t make the cut due to grades, this could be a great deal:</p>
<p>Hallmark Scholarship: “National Merit or Achievement Semi-Finalist and a minimum 3.00 unweighted GPA. Covers in-state tuition, standard semi-private room on campus, and $500 book allowance. Renewable with 3.5 overall GPA. Must maintain full-time enrollment.”</p>
<p>“Only reporting year end grades is problematic if you have classes that are just 1 semester.”</p>
<p>not so at all. My kids’ school put year end grades only on their transcripts. For a semester long class, the year end grade would be the same as a semester end grade and there’s a notation that it is a semester long class. no mystery, not hard, not problematic.</p>
<p>the point is that these are really “term-ending” grades…we say “year end” because most are year end. But for those who attend Block schedule schools where the classes are only a semester-long (like college), then the term end grade is the reported grade. </p>
<p>The point is that quarter grade and mid-term grades are NOT reported.</p>
<p>Can that high school report interim/Semester Senior grades to elite colleges that requet it?</p>