National Merit Scholarship Winners 分成三種:
Corporate-Sponsored Merit Scholarship® Winners(~1000);College-Sponsored Merit Scholarship® Winners(~4000);和National Merit® $2500 Scholarship Winners(~2500),如果趙公子是National Merit® $2500 Scholarship Winners,這個很難的!從最後的15000個finalists 選出2500 個來,不容易!需要有很多supporting materials 和推薦信來支持的。以我們中學為例,每年有~20 National merit finalists, ~5 HYMPS, 但從來沒有人拿過這個獎 National Merit® $2500 Scholarship Winners。所以起訴是有一定的道理的!
但如果是Corporate-Sponsored Merit Scholarship® Winners,那就很水了。以我們公司為例,每年50個名額,其中隻有三分之一的人是進入semi final。即使PSAT成績不到 cut off,也可以被稱為Corporate-Sponsored Merit Scholarship® Winners。