<p>So the NMSF app asks for your first choice college; is there any benefit to putting a college early? Will it have any effect on admissions? </p>
<p>I'm undecided between which of them (NU and WUSTL) I'd rather go to; also I don't know which I'd have a better chance of being accepted to (but that's beside the point).</p>
<p>Basically, my questions are: should I indicate a first choice college for NMSF (now)? If so, NU or WUSTL and why? If not, why not?</p>
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<p>Sorry, forgot to mention I'm an 08er, and applied to both NU and WUSTL already.</p>
<p>If you indicate one or the other at this point, and then change your mind, you have to undo it before the deadline. As far as I know, there is no benefit re admission to naming a school as a first choice school. If anyone knows otherwise, hopefully they will mention it.</p>
<p>If you have questions, the people at NM (they give you the phone # with your packet) are very helpful. My son named a school he was "sure" about, then changed his mind, and they were very pleasant giving information about how to go about changing the designation.</p>
<p>My opinion is, if you really don't know, don't put anything down.</p>