<p>QL: Since Ivies neither offer merit scholarships or track student interest, they are not a particularly good choice for NM designation. I don't know about Nat. Ach., but the NHRP is separate from NMSP, and it does not give out scholarships nor does it request students to designate colleges. The only thing that NHRP does is send out a CD to member colleges with the names of students that qualify. There are some individual colleges that give merit scholarships to students that are recognized by the NHRP (eg. U Arizona & U Iowa).</p>