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2007 National Merit Finalists =] Notifcations are coming out next week!

#1 User is offline   l jennzie xOxO l 

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Post icon  Posted 02 February 2007 - 05:27 PM

I had to go to my GC's office to pick up a transcript today, and she was telling me that notification of NMFs were mailed out to school principals today! Students' notifications at home are mailed out the 7th! Since I live in IL (close to Evanston), I'm assuming the information should be there one Monday!

But since, 15k/16k make it..I'm pretty sure most of us who have not heard of being "dropped from the running" are Finalists. =] They have been notifying those who aren't being advanced to finalist standing all throughout January. My friend (NMSF) at school has already received that letter. Thus early congrats to everyone!! ^.^

I had almost forgot about this myself until GC brought it up, so figured for all of us STILL eagerly waiting college decisions...this would be something cheerful? biggrin.gif
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Posted 03 February 2007 - 03:02 PM

lol, totally forgot about this
so if i havent gotten this being dropped letter
im in?
sweeetttttt. i can put that on my stanford update form xD
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Posted 03 February 2007 - 03:12 PM

Yeah, I got my rejection letter a month or so ago saying flat out that my grades weren't good enough. I had a 3.6 GPA, whoop-de-do. rolleyes.gif
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Posted 03 February 2007 - 11:53 PM

Hahah I totally forgot this cus I know I'm not getting one.
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 04:55 PM

haha.
i wish i were smart enough... lol
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Posted 04 February 2007 - 05:54 PM

wow seriously i'd completely forgotten about nmsc!

is it still possible to get a rejection letter? huh.gif hope not.
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Posted 05 February 2007 - 03:27 PM

I'm pretty sure most all of the rejection letters were sent out in January. Feb 3rd NMFs were mailed to your schools and feb 7th they'll be mailed home to us!! =]
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Posted 05 February 2007 - 09:24 PM

QUOTE(joogrlpekaun @ Feb 3 2007, 03:12 PM) View Post
Yeah, I got my rejection letter a month or so ago saying flat out that my grades weren't good enough. I had a 3.6 GPA, whoop-de-do. rolleyes.gif


^ was that weighted or unweighted?

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Posted 06 February 2007 - 07:43 AM

blah my school totally has the letters since yesterday! X_X but she's waiting to "notify" us....so for now...just waiting still! lol i just need to know for usc (automatic half tuition)
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Posted 06 February 2007 - 05:10 PM


I'm pretty sure since I'm half African-American, I was withdrawn from the National Merit and put in National Achievement, which is basically the same as National Merit except for students with African-American descent?

I got my finalist letter a week ago and I'm waiting for possible scholarship money at the end of the month!

Congrats to all you National Merit people!
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Posted 06 February 2007 - 05:15 PM

My friend was made a National Achievement Finalist and National Merit Finalist. They won't withdraw you from one for the other. So I'm sure you'll probably get both unless you've already received the letter of withdrawl from National Merit in January. =D
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Posted 06 February 2007 - 05:26 PM

I'm a junior, but I hate my PSAT score. I bombed the writing section sleep.gif
Stupid writing...
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Posted 06 February 2007 - 05:35 PM

QUOTE(TheFrontline @ Feb 6 2007, 05:26 PM) View Post
I'm a junior, but I hate my PSAT score. I bombed the writing section sleep.gif
Stupid writing...


It's too late for you, but for sophomores who bombed the writing section, take writing classes. They are a HUGE HELP.

I took the PSATs my sophmore year and I got a 550. sleep.gif
Then I took writing classes and magically my score raised to an 800.

"But this, like all journeys should be, was also a journey of the self, and I ultimately learned some intangible qualities of the human soul. A musical thread connects us, consistently from civilization to civilization. And that thread runs through you just as it does me. What patterns, and colors it will weave as the course of history plays out is only limited by our imagination and ability to dream." - Wang Leehom


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Posted 06 February 2007 - 06:00 PM

QUOTE(singerchick @ Feb 6 2007, 12:24 AM) View Post
^ was that weighted or unweighted?


Unweighted. It's actually because I had high grades as a freshman and sophomore but then awful grades junior year. *shrug* Well, I got straight A's first semester senior year now, so **** them all.
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Posted 06 February 2007 - 07:02 PM

QUOTE(singerchick @ Feb 6 2007, 05:35 PM) View Post
It's too late for you, but for sophomores who bombed the writing section, take writing classes. They are a HUGE HELP.

I took the PSATs my sophmore year and I got a 550. sleep.gif
Then I took writing classes and magically my score raised to an 800.

lol i think it's just a matter of learning their tricks
there are only like 5 types of grammar errors to look for
oh but i took princeton review =x
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Posted 06 February 2007 - 07:29 PM

QUOTE(joogrlpekaun @ Feb 6 2007, 06:00 PM) View Post
Unweighted. It's actually because I had high grades as a freshman and sophomore but then awful grades junior year. *shrug* Well, I got straight A's first semester senior year now, so **** them all.


Me too.

I had straight A's all the way up to Junior year. Some family crap. Which really screwed up my grades. sleep.gif.

Now it's kind of two late to prove that I can do better because UC schools don't even look at senior year grades which makes me sad, because my stupid Junior grades f'ed me over.

Ah. I'm nervous.

"But this, like all journeys should be, was also a journey of the self, and I ultimately learned some intangible qualities of the human soul. A musical thread connects us, consistently from civilization to civilization. And that thread runs through you just as it does me. What patterns, and colors it will weave as the course of history plays out is only limited by our imagination and ability to dream." - Wang Leehom


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Posted 06 February 2007 - 07:53 PM

QUOTE(singerchick @ Feb 6 2007, 07:29 PM) View Post
Me too.

I had straight A's all the way up to Junior year. Some family crap. Which really screwed up my grades. sleep.gif .

Now it's kind of two late to prove that I can do better because UC schools don't even look at senior year grades which makes me sad, because my stupid Junior grades f'ed me over.

Ah. I'm nervous.


aw...for me it was completely diff
i had like 6 B's frosh year (totally screwed up my gpa)
and all A's except 1 B+ junior year =T
anyway you applied to private schools right?? they look at senior year! =)

ahhhh letter come faster smile.gif
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Posted 06 February 2007 - 07:55 PM

QUOTE(flyaway @ Feb 6 2007, 07:53 PM) View Post
aw...for me it was completely diff
i had like 6 B's frosh year (totally screwed up my gpa)
and all A's except 1 B+ junior year =T
anyway you applied to private schools right?? they look at senior year! =)

ahhhh letter come faster smile.gif



No I got lazy so I only applied to UCs. haha.




Wait..so what's the point of getting Finalist for those who want to attend schools that don't sponsor this program? Because I just realized the UC schools don't provide aid for finalists.

"But this, like all journeys should be, was also a journey of the self, and I ultimately learned some intangible qualities of the human soul. A musical thread connects us, consistently from civilization to civilization. And that thread runs through you just as it does me. What patterns, and colors it will weave as the course of history plays out is only limited by our imagination and ability to dream." - Wang Leehom


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Posted 06 February 2007 - 10:13 PM

haha yeah..should have really applied to USC...automatic half tuition for NMF...for me since I'm out of state that definitely beats ALL of the UCs =]
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Posted 06 February 2007 - 10:52 PM

QUOTE(singerchick @ Feb 6 2007, 07:55 PM) View Post
No I got lazy so I only applied to UCs. haha.


I think I should have applied to USC. POO.


Wait..so what's the point of getting Finalist for those who want to attend schools that don't sponsor this program? Because I just realized the UC schools don't provide aid for finalists.


aw sad.gif
um...lol
im not sure...it's more useful for other schools? sweatingbullets.gif
for schools that don't sponsor--it just looks good. lol. but then again, top tier college's applicants prolly mostly all have NMF anyway mellow.gif
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