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The National Merit Scholarship Program is a United States academic scholarship competition for recognition and university scholarships. The program is managed by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), a privately funded not-for-profit organization based in Evanston, Illinois. [1] The program began in 1955.
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]
While the program itself does not provide financial support, some universities award substantial scholarships to National Hispanic Scholars. For example, Arizona State University, [4] the University of Arizona, [5] and the University of Kentucky [6] provide the same scholarships to National Hispanic Scholars as they do to National Merit Scholars.
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 ...
June 5, 2024 at 7:45 AM. The National Merit Scholarship Competition has announced its latest round of college-sponsored merit scholarships of over 3,600 winners on Wednesday, 11 of which come from ...
More than just a practice test for high school students, the Preliminary SAT (PSAT) is also what the National Merit Scholarship Program uses to determine student eligibility for college scholarships.
The Early College at Guilford has about one-fourth of its students each year named as semi-finalists for the National Merit Scholarship. Scholarships and awards received by the Class of 2023 totaled more than $12,000,000 [22] and in 2022 totaled nearly $8,000,000.
National AP Scholar (Bermuda)*. Scores of 4 or better on five or more AP exams and an average of 4 on all AP exams taken. Must be a student in Bermuda. Previously, State AP Scholar Awards were distributed to the top male and female student of each state. However, the State AP Scholar awards were discontinued as of the May 2020 administration.