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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FYI, my child was a National Merit Scholar a few years back in Montgomery County (we are a white, true MC family).  It's not everything you think it is.  My child had no interest in the schools that offered full scholarship to them.  Also rejected by most Ivys (waitlisted at one then rejected, outright rejected at the rest), rejected at targets like Duke, Wash U, U of MI, UNC, etc.

It.  Doesn't. Matter.  They are happy with how things turned out, happy at their 2md tier school (was a safety) etc.[/quote]

This-  except we are Howard not Montgomery county. my first was a NMF- rejected from Northwestern and Georgetown.  (He did not want or apply to Ivies or any of the full ride schools).  He is at UMD honors with the presidential(not Banneker Key)scholarship.  The NMF got him an extra 8K in merit from UMD.  He loves Maryland and will graduate with not debt, six figures left in his 529 and we bought him a brand new car.

My second never took the PSATs (class of 2022) and he ended up submitting his SAT scores and was a commended student.  It didn’t matter.

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