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The NMSC uses the PSAT/NMSQT as the initial screen of over 1.5 million program entrants. In the spring of the junior year, NMSC determines a national Selection Index qualifying score (critical reading + math + writing skills scores all multiplied by two) for "Commended" recognition, which is calculated each year to yield students at about the 96th percentile (top 50,000 highest scorers).
The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) is a standardized test administered by the College Board and cosponsored by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) in the United States. In the 2018–2019 school year, 2.27 million high school sophomores and 1.74 million high school juniors took the PSAT. [1]
The 17-year-old was one of just six students in his Kansas City school district to score in the top 3% on the National Merit Qualifying Test.
Qualification for recognition is based on the student's combined verbal, math, and writing skill scores on the PSAT/NMSQT taken in the student's junior year of high school. PSAT score cutoffs vary each year by state, but typically range in the high 180s and low 190s. Students must also self-identify as Hispanic on the PSAT/NMSQT.
Sep. 13—EVANSTON, Ill. — Officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation Wednesday announced the names of more than 16,000 Semifinalists in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
The graduating class of 2013 had 31 National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists and 62 Commended Students. [ 25 ] In 2014, the band director, Andrew DeNicola, was a top 10 finalist for the 2014 Grammy Music Educator Award .
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced Sept. 11 the names of more than 16,000 semifinalists. ... and earn SAT or ACT scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the ...
Solon High School students are perennially recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program. The class of 2021 had 19 Solon High School students named as National Merit Finalists and 14 Commended Students, while the class of 2022 had 34 Semi-Finalists and 16 Commended students. [10] This was the highest number in Ohio. [11]