The no-news-is-good-news NMF rejection/acceptance/worry thread, Class of 2018

Yay! We finally got word here in northeastern Kansas! My DS is a finalist! So excited for him!! We are homeschoolers and received the certificate in our mailbox after what felt like a long weekend waiting. Yippee!!

School notified our 4 NMSF that they all made NMF this morning. We’re on the Space Coast of Florida

No news from our Austin area school today:-(

No news in Missouri. The disparity in results arriving is another reason why this should be electronic

@traveler98 Nothing out here in the middle of the Pacific, but it does have to cross an ocean. Mail can take up to a week longer, judging from what I’ve seen on CC. He mentioned last week, “Oh, I think the notices shold be coming out soon” and I casually asked him to follow up with his counselor. Internally, I’m like this: :-SS Not just pins and needles but on swords and daggers, courtesy of a semester C.
It’s the first time his public high school has two semifinalists (rarely even get one) so the principal and counselor assured me they are on the lookout.

Finalist in Georgia! My principal just informed me. For those who say Cs on a transcript are deal-breakers, I’d like to say that I had two Cs as final grades my freshman year, partly due to special circumstances. Obviously, you should strive for the best grades, but know that unfortunate hardships don’t make or break your chances here, and there is always hope!

@traveler98, kind of like you, we need that hard copy letter from NM to give it to DD18’s college so she can submit it to get the NMF scholarship from the college she has already chosen. She has already been selected to the honors program, but NMF would also give her auto selection to the honors program. We want to make sure to get that NMF letter because the school says they have a “limited amount” of NMF scholarships. I don’t know if that is really the case though, but they do have a deadline of March 1 to submit the NMF letter to get the scholarship. It should only be a few more days here until we get the letter at our house, but I’m sure that letter should be showing up at our school any day, too! Fingers crossed…

Homeschooled NMF here in South Florida! It’s been a long wait.

Nothing, nothing, nothing in Georgia. Son is completely chill. Me- not so much. There are 6 NMSF at his school. I am now convinced they told the others they made it. Would they tell him if he didn’t? Don’t think so.

Nothing again in Northeast PA.

D came home with her certificate today! We’re in Southern California. My goodness this was a long process. Think back to October 2016 when they took that fateful PSAT…

Woo hoo, @GertrudeMcFuzz!

We’re in SoCal but didn’t have school today. Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow. You’re only a day away!

No news in N. Florida. Do they inform the school by email or actual mail?

A physically (bulk) mailed certificate.

Sorta funny if the letter to my house arrived before the certificate reached my school. It’s becoming a possibility.

the letter was sent first class

No notice here in Eastern KS. Thank you @KShomeschoolmom for the info that letters are arriving in this general area. Congratulations to all who got the good word today - and THANK YOU to the student who posted that important detail about 2 semester Cs making the cut. Not sure we have seen that in recent years, so it’s useful information for historical purposes.

@Emory85 I am having the same paranoia as you. I am concerned the others at my son’s school have been told they made it but not saying anything to my son. I have asked both the GC and the principal and they say they haven’t heard. I’m in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Envelopes mailed from 60201 via First Class on 2/5 would all have arrived by last Thursday or Friday.

To add: not saying it wasn’t First Class, but rather that the 2/5 mailing date that’s posted by NMSC wasn’t met.