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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many people care about NMSF? My DC knew a long time ago he wasn't going to any college where it would mean merit aid (Bama, Ole Miss, Arizona etc.).  He chose to take the SATs the same week as PSATs and we told him not to  worry about the PSAT. Scored 1550+ on the SATs and below DC's cut-off for NMSF.  I'm pretty sure his higher SAT score trumps a lower scoring NMSF student's PSAT, but there are a lot of other factors that will determine who gets into which schools.  [/quote]
It totally mattered when I was applying to college in the 1990s -- my dad worked for IBM and they gave fairly substantial merit scholarships to National Merit Finalists (which was usually a foregone conclusion if you were a NMSF), which ended up covering about a third of my undergrad tuition over the four years.  So with the stakes so high, I was cramming for the PSAT before junior year like there was no tomorrow.[/quote]

I know IBM offered this at least through 2005 as I had an IBM co-worker with a daughter who received this scholarship!  Congrats.[/quote]

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