National Merit Scholarship Winners 分成三种:
Corporate-Sponsored Merit Scholarship® Winners(~1000);College-Sponsored Merit Scholarship® Winners(~4000);和National Merit® $2500 Scholarship Winners(~2500),如果赵公子是National Merit® $2500 Scholarship Winners,这个很难的!从最后的15000个finalists 选出2500 个来,不容易!需要有很多supporting materials 和推荐信来支持的。以我们中学为例,每年有~20 National merit finalists, ~5 HYMPS, 但从来没有人拿过这个奖 National Merit® $2500 Scholarship Winners。所以起诉是有一定的道理的!
但如果是Corporate-Sponsored Merit Scholarship® Winners,那就很水了。以我们公司为例,每年50个名额,其中只有三分之一的人是进入semi final。即使PSAT成绩不到 cut off,也可以被称为Corporate-Sponsored Merit Scholarship® Winners。