I had forgotten I *was* a NMSF until this thread appeared.
That should tell you how much I think of the entire NMSF experience. I have *no* idea how many NMSFs our school had because I viewed it as profoundly irrelevant to my life. It was just another random award that was being thrown at me at the time and I threw it in my award box along with the bajillion other awards I had received.
Perhaps you didn't have to worry about paying for college, but for several young people I know the reality of a "free ride" from NMSF-friendly schools is far from being "irrelevant".
I don't think I knew that you could get free rides from NMSFs.
I got a free ride, but it wasn't directly NMSF related.
I've just never thought about it since then.
