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    Lorel #19780 07/11/08 12:59 PM
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    Originally Posted by Lorel
    To be more exact, the actual award money given by National Merit is small. The prestige factor though, can lead to more lucrative offers from various institutions. Is that better, Austin? wink


    Precisely.


    #19797 07/11/08 02:12 PM
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    The great Groucho Marx once quipped, "I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member."

    LOL!

    #19805 07/11/08 02:53 PM
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    That's okay. It will all be worth it as they watch you in the same situation in a few years!!!!!!!!!!

    Dottie #25805 09/13/08 09:14 AM
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    Junior year is when it counts as far as the National Merit Qualifying Test is concerned, and that's what most people are talking about when they want to know when to take it. But it is becoming popular to take it sophomore year for practice- something that was unheard of back in my day.

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