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Originally posted by KSig RC
Interestingly, I went to the feeder school that produces around 40% of all Iowa National Merit Scholars (as of 99, when I graduated) - of these I know exactly one that went to ISU, he went because it was free for NMS. That may or may not have impact on that statistic - apparently that's a pretty good incentive, it would appear.
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I've got to agree with this.
Where the National Merit Scholars choose to go doesn't mean much. I was a finalist and I chose Minnesota over Texas and Wisconsin, among other schools (and didn't even apply to a number of more prestigious schools that, with my stats, I could have probably gotten into). And when there's a financial incentive to go to a particular school, that pretty much sums up why they're choosing to go.
Furthermore -- National Achievement Scholars are different from National Merit. The National Achievement awards are only offered to African-Americans, I believe (or racial minorities -- at any rate, not the same thing as National Merit).
Not that I'm getting involved in this debate or anything . . . I'm sure both schools have their good points. And Iowa State doesn't have IHE. ;-)