Which University did the National Merit finalists go to

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UT Dallas.

Offers full tuition, room and board, study abroad, stipend and internship placements. Especially for the tippy top CS students who are NMF.

Great school!!! Was on our shortlist for several months and we had a great visit

[Anonymous]

My NMF is going to Rose-Hulman. He wanted a small school and he loved it when he visited. He's neurodiverse, and I think he needs a "soft launch" for college. Hoping it will be a great fit for him.

[Anonymous]

DC went to Caltech

[Anonymous]

MIT

[Anonymous]

If I had a premed NMSF...off to Alabama they would go.

We are budget conscious in our household.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UVA.

For those going places like Harvard, do you feel like the cache has been tarnished?

No. DC happy to go to Harvard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. Alabama 323 [8,279 Freshmen, 3.9%]
2. Florida 297 [6,612 Freshmen 4.4%]
3. USC 262 [3,402 Freshmen, 7.7%]
4. Purdue 260 [9,353 Freshmen, 2.7%]
5. UT Dallas 232 [4,218 Freshmen, 5.5%]
6. Texas A&M 219 [12,419 Freshmen, 1.7%]
7. Vanderbilt 185 [1,624 Freshmen, 11.3%]
8. Harvard 160 [1,644 Freshmen, 9.7%]
9. MIT 154 [1,136 Freshmen, 13.5%]
10. Penn 147 [2,415 Freshmen, 6%]
11. UMD 144 [5,821 Freshmen, 2.5%]
12. Stanford 129 [1,733 Freshmen, 7.4%]
13. Yale 127 [1,554 Freshmen, 8%]
14. Princeton 116 [1,497 Freshmen, 7.7%]
15. Northeastern 97 [2,519 Freshmen, 3.9%]
16. Duke 94 [1,744 Freshmen, 5.3%]
17. UC Berkeley 93 [6,707 Freshmen, 1.4%]
18. Georgia Tech 90 [3,646 Freshmen, 2.5%]
19. UCF 85 [7,512 Freshmen, 1.1%]
20. UT Austin 85 [9,109 Freshmen, .9%]
21. Oklahoma 84
22. Minnesota 79
23. BU 77 [3,635 Freshmen, 2.1%]
24. UCLA 77 [6,461 Freshmen, 1.2%]
25. USF 77 [6,773 Freshmen, 1.1%]
26. Michigan 76 [7,050 Freshmen, 1%]
27. Columbia 75 [1,522 Freshmen, 4.9%]
28. Northwestern 75 [2,038 Freshmen, 3.7%]
29. Brown 69 [1,717 Freshmen, 4%]
30. Emory 67 [1,424 Freshmen, 4.7%]
31. Indiana 67 [9,736 Freshmen, .7%]
32. Arizona 65 [9,069 Freshmen, .7%]
33. Tufts 63 [1,694 Freshmen, 3.7%]
34. ASU 62 [10,022 Freshmen, .6%]
35. Georgia 60 [6,250 Freshmen, 1%]
36. BYU 59 [5,567 Freshmen, 1%]
37. Georgetown 56 [1,603 Freshmen, 3.5%]
38. Case Western 55 [1,553 Freshmen, 3.5%]
39. Cornell 54 [3,491 Freshmen, 1.5%]
40. Rice 51 [1,201 Freshmen, 4.3%]
41. Dartmouth 49 [1,124 Freshmen, 4.4%]
42. Michigan State 49 [9,829 Freshmen .5%]
43. Johns Hopkins 48 [1,406 Freshmen 3.4%]
44. UChicago 48 [2,053 Freshmen, 2.3%]
45. Carnegie Mellon 47 [1,716 Freshmen, 2.7%]
46. Clemson 45 [4,588 Freshmen, .99%]
47. Missouri 45 [4,983 Freshmen, .9%]
48. NYU 44 [6,184 Freshmen, .7%]
49. Miss State 43 [3,367 Freshmen, 1.2%]
50. Rutgers 43 [7,780 Freshmen, .5%]
51. UNC 40 [4,689 Freshmen, .8%]
52. Illinois 39 [8,297 Freshmen, .5%]
53. Oklahoma State 36 [4,643 Freshmen, .7%]
54. Iowa State 35
55. UVA 35 [4,020 Freshmen, .9%]

So much for only finding “intellectual equals” at expensive, selective privates.

density matters. The earth has more intelligent people than any school, but you won't be likely to meet the smartest outside of college.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know how many NMSF scholars there are at Virginia Tech?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA.

For those going places like Harvard, do you feel like the cache has been tarnished?

No. DC happy to go to Harvard.

Bay Area private, for our school's very top kids (11% this year), there is a tug of war between Stanford and Harvard. Harvard retains its a mystique in a big way, but its also far away. DC chose Harvard, which I think is a better fit for him even though we will seem a lot less.

Regarding the original question that started this thread, from the cohort he knows in Northern California going, he estimates 25-30% are NMF. He ultimately was a Merit Scholar himself.

[Anonymous]

^ mean to say we will SEE him a lot less, which makes me sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I had a premed NMSF...off to Alabama they would go.

We are budget conscious in our household.

Roll tide! But seriously, so many great full ride options for NMF. I wasn’t aware of the whole NM program until we got the news that DS had met the cutoff. I have a niece who’s finishing up 9th grade and will be doing some test prep 🤞🏼

[Anonymous]

It upsets me that so many high scorers on the SAT did not go to a school that I think they should have.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have any insight into if Asian kids face racism at University of Alabama? Kids from DMV are accustomed to diverse population.

[Anonymous]

Usc

[Anonymous]

My merit finalist is headed to Penn State