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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can get larger awards from some colleges and some corporations for being a NMF, so there is the possibility of more scholarship money.

Being a NMF used to be a big deal, my sense is less so today because of the prevalence of prepping. I was an NMF and so were my kids, so that’s the basis of my thought that it seems different today. It’s still a nice award to put on a college application. [/quote]

Ha ha! And you and your kids never prepped!! Righhhttt![/quote]

Well, yes, that’s right, we didn’t. Is there something surprising about that?

When I was in high school the only people who took classes to help with taking SATs were kids who had trouble with academics in general. No one in the advanced classes at my public high school was taking SAT classes, only the kids in the lower level classes would do that. Those were fairly new businesses at that time, and their advertising was clearly focused on helping kids who were not doing well in school.

I was fortunate that, even though my parents did not go to college and did not make much money, I just always did well in school and did well on tests. I lioved to read and spent a lot of time at our local public library just wandering up and down the shelves, randomly picking out books that looked good to me- no one gave me any direction or suggestions as to what I “should” read.

My kids did have the advantage of being born to parents who went to college, but they also enjoyed reading for pleasure and never needed to do test prep. [/quote]

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