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Originally posted by sugar and spice
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.
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Not to continue the hijack, but...
It really is an interesting discussion...I placed pretty well in the National Merit program and ended up not even considering some prestigious schools (although I'd argue that Boston U. is pretty darn good). Hell, our National Merit Scholar at my school went to UConn.
Money is an interesting issue in all of this...I'd like to see stats on percentage of how many of those in the National Merit Program go to state schools, and how many go to Ivy League. It would be pretty interesting.