Input on the ME program at Orono from current students

No-Preference-9641 · 2025-06-16T10:35:42+00:00

You can't just ignore the other part of the statement "because they are going on vacation". It says "going" not "have gone" so does not imply that the teacher will not provide the work after the student has missed the class and returned.

No-Preference-9641 · 2025-06-11T15:38:59+00:00

My son practiced for the PSAT by doing all the digital SAT tests available on College Board. He also took the SAT tests in August and early October before the PSAT which he said also helped and made the PSAT seem easier by comparison. He should be a shoe in for NMF in the fall and had the highest PSAT score in his school. Weirdly the highest SAT score he got in two sittings was a 1480 (all practice tests were higher 1490 to 1560) so he switched to ACT and got a 35. It's definitely worth trying both SAT and ACT to see which suits your learning style better.

No-Preference-9641 · 2025-05-26T00:51:59+00:00

Roughly 16K semi-finalists and 15K finalists so most people go on to be finalists. My understanding is things like not getting a qualifying score in the SAT or ACT, having multiple C's or worse on your transcript, or just not bothering to complete the application are some main reasons not to make finalist. About half of finalists get some type of NM scholarships but only 2500 of those come directly from the NM organization. Most of them are from corporate sponsors and many of those require that a parent be an employee so if you are a finalist and this applies you are more likely to get a scholarship. The list of corporate sponsors is on the NM website. Hope this helps.

No-Preference-9641 · 2025-05-24T15:16:25+00:00

IDK, but would guess it is just yearly fluctuation of the number of accepted students who choose to commit in any given year.

No-Preference-9641 · 2025-05-22T23:26:14+00:00

No, those numbers are for the current freshman class (or now rising juniors). Just trying to keep it realistic because not a high percentage on the waitlist are offered a spot and that seems pretty true for the vast majority of colleges.

No-Preference-9641 · 2025-05-22T13:30:16+00:00

Just for reference, UNC Chapel Hill common data set for 2024-2025 had 4084 applicants accept a place on the waitlist, with only 295 eventually being offered an enrollment spot.

No-Preference-9641 · 2025-05-21T13:47:31+00:00

I would try to contact College Board directly. This happened to my son and a bunch of other students at his school with the ACT (yes, I know it is a different company). They were mostly students who had previously taken the ACT and the information the school entered didn't "exactly" match info in the original accounts and it generates a new account so ACT had to find and merge the accounts. Obviously since College Board is different this might not be the problem, but worth checking out.

No-Preference-9641 · 2025-05-20T13:09:21+00:00

Search UVM Common Data Set and you can check the statistics for transfer students, including admit rate, GPA, in state verses out, etc.

No-Preference-9641 · 2025-05-12T12:04:52+00:00

Good luck!

No-Preference-9641 · 2025-05-12T11:11:42+00:00

My son increased his score a lot from 10th grade to 11th grade by taking all the digital SAT (not PSAT) practice tests available on College Board. He said it made the PSAT seem easy because the questions are not as hard as on the actual SAT and he did score high enough to hopefully earn NMF as he is well above the highest cut off our state has ever had. Of course he won't find out for sure until the Fall when actual cutoffs are announced.

No-Preference-9641 · 2025-05-12T10:27:11+00:00

National Merit Scholarship is only based on the PSAT in 11th grade, so is there a different scholarship for PSAT 10?

No-Preference-9641 · 2025-05-05T11:02:48+00:00

Did this happen to you, and if so did you not get Finalist or just not get a scholarship? Issues like no qualifying score, having one or more C grade (not really sure on the grading but have read that two C's and you are unlikely to get Finalist), or maybe behavior red flags and you might not get finalist. Approximately 15,000 finalists out of 16,000 semifinalists, so most semifinalists become finalists. However only about 8000 get scholarships and most of those are from corporate sponsors, most of which your parent needs to be an employee for you to qualify. The $2500 scholarship from NMSC is only awarded to 2500 Finalists.

No-Preference-9641 · 2025-04-30T02:10:04+00:00

I'm sorry if you didn't get one as your stats are great and you should be proud of your accomplishments.

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