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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know nothing about how this works. Is it just PSAT?[/quote]

Yes.  But it gets you a lot of scholarship offers.[/quote]

NMSF is a semi-big deal until the day you take the SATs. After that, no one gives a shit how you did on the PSAT. Signed, a NMSF from a long time ago. [/quote]

If you get a scholarship that makes college more affordable, you will care.[/quote]

It's only $2K.  Which isn't nothing but isn't much when many college are $90K+.  [/quote]

It gets you on interest lists for a lot of schools who otherwise wouldn’t know you existed, who will offer aid packages far more generous than the scholarship from the PSAT. USC for instance wanted to give me a full ride, and they targeted NMSF kids for a while. I only started getting mail from the ivies after I got my test score. [/quote]

Not sure why people are dumping on it. It's a feather in your cap, puts you on a bunch of lists, and results in financial offers from a whole bunch of schools. There is also no guarantee that even the smartest, most hardworking kid will get it. I was one of two kids who got it at my high schools that year (the two indian kids, reinforcing stereotypes) and I can assure you that absolutely no one else cared.

But it did result it merit offers from various colleges, and I notice as an adult that most of my closest friends are also former NMSF (my husband, and handful of closest friends, his closest friends). [/quote]

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