Hi,
The title says it all. Do they receive it before or after we do?
Before.
Not true! High schools will receive notification before finalists, but colleges do not receive any notification from NMSC unless and until they are named as a first choice by a finalist. This is why some big NM schools ask semifinalists to self report if they become finalists so that scholarship offers can be adjusted before the school receives official notification from NMSC, which, as I stated above, does not happen until the student makes a first choice selection after being named a finalist.