<p>Do you think that having national achievement status gives applicants a "boost" when applying to highly selective schools?</p>
<p>IMO, no. It is based off of your PSAT score, which colleges don’t see or care about, so I can’t imagine NA is very relevant. However your PSAT score should correlate with your SAT score which they do care about. Sure, you can put NA down under “awards”, but there isn’t going to be a “wow” factor–the SAT score needs to provide that for you.</p>