National Merit Finalists and impact on tuition

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Anonymous wrote:My high stat UMC kid applied in-state to UMD. He was given full tuition (merit scholarship) + 2K a year for four years as NMS. So, UMD sponsored his NMF scholarship.

Wow. Does anyone know if this is common for NMF at UMD?

My three kids all won NMF/NMS and went to UMD. Two out of three were B/K winners. UMD gave extra 1000 a year for spending money.

Would you mind sharing stats, main EC, etc? How hard it’s it to get merit scholarship in UMD?

I was similar. Straight As in mediocre public school. Main EC was soccer and cross country, plus part time job and ample volunteer work through my church.

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Anonymous wrote:Hopping on to say how absolutely insane it is to give substantial scholarships based on a test given after only 2 years of high school.

Schools like Alabama and Oklahoma have significant statistical justification for giving ample scholarship funds. These students perform well. In one sense it is not sensible to make a decision on a single test but these schools find the outcomes from these students very desirable.

I feel like SAT/ACT is a better predictor than PSAT

Odd comment to make. The SAT and ACT are different tests so not sure why you would lump them together. The PSAT is meant to be a practice test for the longer SAT, so the PSAT and SAT are highly correlated.

This is so true. I was a NMF on the SAT and “bombed” the ACT. Obviously, I didn’t submit that score.