<p>What's to stop someone from saying they were a Natonal Merit Semi-Finalist? Is there a list they can cross-reference to? My friend was thinking about just putting it down lol.</p>
<p>Does anyone know?</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure there's a list available somewhere.
Anyway, putting something like that down won't help much.
I'm sure the majority of Princeton applicants are already NMSFs.</p>
<p>I think he wanted to do it for Duke. I thought it was funny, but do you know if there's a list?</p>
<p>I'm sure the majority of Duke Applicants are NMSFs also.</p>
<p>Yeah of course there's a list.
They can call your school to check also.
And if they find out, I'd imagine automatic rejection.</p>
<p>True, but would they take the time to call lol? Just like with clubs, people list clubs on their apps they aren't in. :</p>
<p>It doesn't help that much -- they look at the SAT, not the PSAT. If his SAT is comparable to a NMSF PSAT then there's no benefit gained by writing it on his application other than filling space. If it is not, then Duke might actually investigate (I don't think it would be hard for them to obtain a list) and he would get auto-rejected.</p>
<p>It's a situation with no helpful outcome.</p>
<p>It's not worth it... if you get caught, BAM, say goodbye to everything else that you actually worked for.</p>
<p>just please don't lie... geez it so unfair</p>
<p>Collegeboard sends out a CD every year to all universities/colleges and it has all the NMSF/NMF/NMC/NHS on there... so if they doubt you they could go and look up your name, I assume</p>
<p>morality :P</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree. I think it should be funny what happens to him</p>
<p>for some reason, i think you just made up the scenario because you were planning to do it, but please dont</p>
<p>I already sent in my apps, I'm Princeton ED foo lol :P</p>
<p>and we know this is true because??</p>
<p>Seriously...if you HAVE to lie about something on your application to Duke or wherever else to make yourself look/feel better, don't lie about National Merit stuff. That's a huge organization and while it is not likely that the college will take the time to cross-reference every applicant who claims that they have NMSF status to the aforementioned CDs that are sent out, what if they did? I agree that lying on an application is just dumb...but if you have to, then say you spent 2 hours per week on an activity instead of one hour a week, or something equally...unimportant like that.</p>
<p>Also, I don't know about you, but my high school usually has less than 20 people with NMSF status and so I know that the counselors usually mention it in their letters of recommendation. My high school may just be...not that competitive (I have no idea how that is measured) but what if your counselor is sort of expected to mention that?</p>
<p>Just a thought.
So tell your "friend" not to lie about that.</p>
<p>^^ hahah, nicely put,</p>
<p>although i still think one should not lie about anything</p>