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A national merit scholar is student who has first taken the PSAT in spring of their junior year and scored high enough to qualify for a semifinalist position the national merit competition. Next, those semifinalists are asked to complete an application with 2 letters of recommendation, transcripts, SAT scores, a list of extracurricular activities, honors, and write an essay. From there, the application is reviewed. Of those semifinalists, a portion of students are selected for the finalist level, and from the finalists, the National Merit Corporation chooses students to become National Merit Scholars. National Merit Scholars are given $2500 by the corporation and also may qualify for a variety of school and corporate sponsored scholarships.
no he drpped out of Browns University as a pre med student. He was also a national merit scholar
An ACT score of 36 would generally be held in higher regard than the distinction of being a National Merit Scholar. The 36 represents a perfect score in every section of one of the two major American standardized tests, whereas the National Merit Scholarship Competition is based on the PSAT. There are significantly more National Merit Scholars than there are people with perfect ACT scores.
The National Merit Scholar Corporation does not release the actual names of finalists or winners of the NMS competition. Unless somebody has privately compiled the name of every finalist, there is no official list.
National Merit Scholarship Program was created in 1955.
Stephenie Meyer won the National Merit Scholarship in 2003.
Medal of Merit for National Defence was created on 1966-04-21.
Medal of Merit of the National People's Army was created in 1956.
Medal of Merit of the National People's Army ended in 1990.
A scholar is # A student; one who studies at school or college. # A specialist in a particular branch ofknowledge. # A learned person. # One who educates themself for their whole life.
They offer $2000 per year for any National Merit Finalist
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation funds National Merit scholarships through a combination of sponsor organizations, colleges, and universities. These sponsors provide the funding for the scholarships awarded by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.