****UNOFFICIAL Class of 2015 National Merit Finalist Thread****

I take great comfort in knowing how close DE is to PA, so thank you @lizzop! And congrats! We are 10000 zipcodes, .

Update from NJ: No NMS mail today.

Anyone from NC yet?

I needed the complete visual! 25 states have at least some data. Maybe we should invert the list, and track only those states with no data yet? @GoAskDad?

Alabama - Wed 2/11
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas - Mon 2/9 - heard from school
California - Mon 2/9 - heard from school
Colorado - Tues 2/10 - homeschooler
Connecticut - Tues 2/10- heard from school
Delaware - Wed 2/11 - heard from school
Florida - Tues 2/10 - homeschooler; Central FLA - heard from school
Georgia - Tues 2/10 – homeschooler
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois - Tues 2/10 - heard from school
Indiana - Tues 2/10 - homeschooler
Iowa - Mon 2/9 - letter rcvd at school, but not notified until Tues 2/10
Kansas – Tues 2/10 – heard from schoolLouisiana – Tues 2/10 – homeschooler; heard from school
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine - Wed 2/11- GC at school
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan - Mon 2/9 - heard from school
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri – Tues 2/10 - homeschooler
Montana
Nebraska - Tue 2/10 - heard from school
Nevada - Mon 2/9 - homeschooler; Tues 2/10 - heard from school
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico - Sat 2/7 - homeschooler
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - Mon 2/9 - heard from school
Oklahoma -Tues 2/10 – heard from school
Oregon - Tues 2/10 – heard from school
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina - 2/10 – heard from school
South Dakota
Tennessee - Tues 2/10 - heard from school
Texas - Mon 2/9 - homeschooler
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington - Tues 2/10 - heard from principal
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

@PAMom21 Post #531, Maine heard this morning.

Awesome! Officially halfway there, and the day is not over. Thanks @albert69, I was still able to edit that in.

Do we even have any Alaskan CCers?

I didn’t want to leave anyone out, :wink: .

Aside from my news about signing Taylor Swift to record my latest single, I have zero good news in Kansas City. Thank you for taking up the list, @PAMom21. I will be on/off the thread today, but will check in later. Hoping we have more good news when I return!

Also, I will bring more Girl Scout cookies back with me for the thread.

(@albert69, I recruited Taylor Swift only so my DS could meet her. I don’t think he’s even a fan, but she’s very pretty, so there’s that.)

Couldn’t take it any more. Jimmie wasn’t around, but I just spoke to Patrick, and I think everyone should call him. He did confirm that letters were sent out to the high school “attention principal” on the 2nd, and to us on the 9th. He claims first class for the 9th, but then said “same way” for the 2nd, which simply can’t be, given all this elapsed time.

He said they could confirm over the phone after TWO WEEKS from sent date. So your principal could call on the 16th, and we could call on the 23rd, . I begged, pleaded, offered @GoAskMom’s cookies, but that’s all I could get.

P.S…It was cathartic just to call, especially with the Board Room play-by-play pictured in the back of my mind. I was pretty sure they wouldn’t share that over the phone, so it was fun just to ask.

@GoAskDad‌ good news from a fellow Kansan…got my certificate from my counselor today. From Shawnee, KS…yours should be in any day now!

@GoAskDad I don’t find Taylor that pretty, but hey, to each his own. Looks like you could get some news soon! And congrats, @mwish1! Where do you plan to go to college?

Missing states, :frowning: .

Alaska
Arizona
Hawaii
Idaho
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Illinois…31.9miles from Evanston due west and a tich south. No news…but wait – I’d better check the website… YESSS!!! They posted it and DS made it!!! WoooHooooo!!! Bama Bound! @GoAskDad carry the flame!!! I think that you will have to pass it off very very soon though – hoping for good news for you and all who are still waiting, and that no more Girl Scout Cookies are sacrificed!

Just got word from my D’s school in NORTH CAROLINA that she is a finalist! WOOOOO HOOOOO!

That’s great, @goinggoing!

North Dakota here. Just saw on the school’s website that my son is a finalist, so I texted him to see if they had told him or given him a certificate. He said that they had not. Very disheartening that they did not tell the kids first before posting it. Can anyone help me out with this question? I see on the timeline of the scholarship competition that some finalists are not selected as Merit Scholarship winners & are notified in May. Why would that happen? I thought all Finalists received something - National Merit, Corporate or College sponsored?

Florida again. Still nothing on NMF but I did confirm with UMiami that the Fl Incentive Scholarship is stacked onto the Presidential scholarship that S was offered. Pretty happy camper here.

Homeschool from Chesapeake VA here. We got our letter and certificate today! I see others from Virginia are reporting in today as well!

Just got the certificate from my school in Minnesota. I think they just came in.