Kind of surprised GW had 1200 applications this cycle. That is their normal thing, was expecting to be at least 50% more this time or even crossing 2000.
SCHEDULE SPECIFIC TO COLLEGE-SPONSORED AWARDS
MARCH 1, 2021
A Finalist who has reported a sponsor college as first choice before March 1 will be included in the first group referred to that institution for scholarship consideration. Only the sponsoring college you have listed as your first choice will be notified.
MARCH 1 THROUGH MAY 31, 2021
Periodically NMSC will notify sponsors of additional Finalists who have reported (by May 31) the college or university as their first choice. Only the sponsoring college you list as your first choice will be notified.
MAY 3, 2021
NMSC will begin mailing college-sponsored Merit Scholarship offers.
B IMPORTANT: If NMSC receives notification of a change in college choice from a Finalist after mailing a college-sponsored Merit Scholarship offer to that student, the change in college choice will not be processed and the Finalist cannot be offered another college-sponsored Merit Scholarship award.
This applies even if the new choice of college is one that also sponsors Merit Scholarship awards. Therefore, a Finalist who has previously reported a sponsor college as first choice but is uncertain about it may change their college choice to āundecidedā to prevent being made an offer from a school the Finalist is uncertain about attending; such notification must be submitted online at osa.nationalmerit.org before May 3. The Finalist can subsequently report a firm college choice that NMSC receives by May 31.
MAY 31, 2021
Deadline date for NMSC to receive reports of a sponsor college as first choice. Because it is necessary to treat all Finalists consistently and conclude the annual competition in a timely manner, only college choice reports that NMSC receives by May 31, 2021, will be used to identify the final group of candidates to a college or university that sponsors
awards.
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Wow, where was this 1200 stated for this cycle?
In the rejection email.
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We received GW rejection as well. Congrats to all who have received FAU and other interviews.
Son received GW/GW rejection email today
Sweet and sour here.
Received GW/GW rejection
And
Received UVA acceptance to Neuroscience!!
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Some schools donāt have internal rankings either.
How does AOA (Alpha Omega Alpha Honor society ) selection work in absence of internal ranking (20% of graduating class ??) ?
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Thatās all their email said. They basically conveyed that her file is not likely to be picked up by NJMS for interview invitation. We donāt know why. Her interview was short and casual, and she didnāt think the interviewer sounded disappointed or ended too early, so we may never find out why they didnāt find her a compelling candidate. However, Drew, Caldwell, NJIT have forwarded her already, not sure if Stevens did or not.
The email address does seem right, but we havenāt had a reply yet.
FAU sent us an email today, same time as everyone else.
More and more schools are not doing AOA.
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Why are they useless? Do you count BU same as CNU?
No clue. I am not paying attention at this time. Will look into once all decisions are out. My S wants to go into very competitive fields, so he better stay focused and be top of the class 
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Admission to Rutgers is by invitation only. Once you send your application, they will ask you to apply.
Same here. Rejection from GW.
Both BU and CNU will not be included in my BSMD list for different reasons (no ranking considerations here).
@Geek13 This may be true for Rutgers-Newark BSMD NJMS not for Rutgers-NB UG admissions.
yes, my son applied to Rutgers-Newark BSMD NJMS