<p>My financial aid has been released but the NMF Presidential Scholarship is not listed under awards even though I've taken all the proper steps (same with another NM-corporate-sponsor scholarship). Anyone else with the Trustees or Presidential Scholarships that can comment on this?</p>
<p>Did you list USC as your first choice? According to NMSC, they sent over the first wave of names of student who listed USC as their first choice. D just received another letter last night about Presidential scholarship. She did list USC as her first choice.</p>
<p>I recently changed my first choice school to USC, received the letter from NM confirming the change yesterday. I'm hoping it's just a matter of time before NM updates USC of this change. Anyone else in this siutation?</p>
<p>It takes time for the system to update if you just select them recently. NMSC told me they sent to USC the first batch of names 3/8.</p>
<p>Son is a NMF and a freshman at USC this year. His first financial aid package last spring did not have the scholarship either. It was added later as the NMF group sent info to the colleges.</p>
<p>To Columbia Student: Did the letter your D received last night reflect the presidential scholarship for National Merit Finalist or was it the presidential scholarship for the first wave of top students who interviewed for trustee and presidential scholarship (i.e. not based on National Merit Finalist)? Thanks.
My son is National Merit Finalist and put USC as first choice but did not receive any letter like yours very recently (just the letter in February which was a progress report sent to many prospective applicants). My son is accepted to USC.</p>
<p>^My daughter never did any interview. She got the Presidential Scholarship because she picked USC as her first choice and NMSC sent USC the list confirming her choice. Please give it some time if you don't live in CA, I believe there might be a delay in delivering mail outside of CA.</p>
<p>To Columbia Student: Do you live in S. California? We are out of state and no such recent letter here. Received the acceptance letter. My son put down USC First Choice a long time ago. Did it show up on the financial aid on line? My son could not get the financial aid to come up on line and he is a computer whiz.
Do you know if it is standard practice for USC to send these letters like you received confirming that USC will give the presidential scholarship to NMF First Choice. Many thanks.</p>
<p>I pm'd you. Please check your mailbox. I think from experience USC prefers to send letters. This is the second letter. D received her first letter(Feb) stating if she names USC as her first choice she would get Presidential Scholarship. Just recently we faxed NMSC D's reply form for Corporate Sponsored Scholarship and I also called NMSC and they said they already mailed her name to USC, ie she does not have to fill out her NMS form anymore. Again, I don't know if this is standard practice for USC to send letters like these but USC seems to prefer sending letters as far as I can tell. This is all I know. I hope it helps.</p>