I am a junior and I missed the deadline to sign up for the NMSQT. I want to go to a large public university, so I need to be competitive. Are colleges going to see that I chose not to take it, and take someone that did over me?
No, you do not submit the score to colleges, it is only a practice SAT and the only thing it is used for is the National Merit Scholarship competition, which is extremely rare to receive.
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Agree and also large public schools by themselves aren't selective for example Kansas is a large public school and they admit about 90% of all applicants. Oregon admits about 80% so public schools by themselves don't equate to competitiveness. UCLA is selectice but large public schools are not automatically difficult to get into. Hope this helps.