<p>Ι was recently accepted to the Honors College at the University of Arizona (out of state) with a $9K "Academic Excellence" scholarship. With a 233 PSAT (and an SAT score higher than that), Ι feel that Ι have a good shot at becoming a National Merit Finalist. Does UA send out its $30K "National Scholars" awards after finalists are named in February, or is my award finalized? Just wondering because $21K is a huge difference!</p>
<p>inflore…They should award you the National Scholar scholarship after your status as a NMF is finalized and you have named UA as your first choice college. If you’ve already named them as your first choice, you can call them after you receive your NMF notification letter in February just to confirm with them what the scholarship award timeline/process is. Congratulations!!</p>
<p>Awesome, thanks for your response!</p>