MDSU, my son turned in his completed app in August and his med was completed in October. Even though his CIS page was updated, we never received anything in the mail regarding scholastic qualification or anything else. We continued to send in his updated grades, but still nothing. In February we became concerned that he hadn't received an SQ letter, so we contacted the admissions office. They responded promptly that he was scholastically qualified and that a letter would be in the mail. We received the letter the following week. I don't know that it made any difference in the admissions process, but it sure did our stress level some good.
PhilParker, our BGO told us that, if one is scholastically qualified, an appointment to NAPs was unlikely. It appears to me that others have had a different experience, so I think it is futile to try to get an exact "yes" or "no" answer.