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The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and

college scholarships that began in 1955. High school students enter the National Merit

Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying

Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which serves as an initial screen of approximately 1.6 million entrants

each year, and by meeting published program entry and participation requirements.


To enter the National Merit Scholarship Program and compete for recognition and 8,700

scholarships to be offered in 2021:


• Take the PSAT/NMSQT in October 2019.


• Meet other entry requirements.


Program entrants must take the test in the specified year of the high school program

(see page 6). The 2019 PSAT/NMSQT is the qualifying test for entry to the 2021

program. Most entrants will complete high school and enroll in college in 2021.





The National Merit® Scholarship Program is an annual

academic competition among high school students for

recognition and college scholarships. The program is

conducted by National Merit Scholarship Corporation

(NMSC), a not-for-profit organization that operates

without government assistance.


The 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship

Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®) is the qualifying

test for entry to the 2021 National Merit Program. (The

PSAT™ 10 and PSAT™ 8/9 will NOT be considered for

entry to the National Merit Scholarship Program.) The

competition will span about 18 months from entry in the

fall of 2019 until the spring of 2021 when scholarships

for college undergraduate study will be awarded. It is

expected that about 4 million students will take the

PSAT/NMSQT in 2019, and approximately 1.6 million

of them will meet requirements to enter this program.





To enter the 2021 National Merit Program, a student

needs to meet all of the following requirements. A

student must:


1. be enrolled as a high school student (traditional

or homeschooled), progressing normally toward

graduation or completion of high school by 2021,

and planning to accept admission to college no later

than the fall of 2021;


2. attend high school in the United States, District of

Columbia, or U.S. commonwealths and territories;

or meet the citizenship requirements for students

attending high school outside the United States (see

below);





To participate in the National Merit Program, students

must take the PSAT/NMSQT in the specified year of

their high school program. Because a student can

participate (and be considered for a scholarship) in

only one specific competition year, the year in which

the student takes the PSAT/NMSQT to enter the

competition is very important.


1. Students who plan to spend the usual four years in

high school (grades 9 through 12) before entering

college full time must take the qualifying test in

their third year of high school (grade 11, junior year).

Sophomores who take the 2019 PSAT/NMSQT

but plan to spend four years in grades 9 through

12 will not meet entry requirements for the 2021

National Merit Program. They must take the

PSAT/NMSQT again in 2020 (when they are

juniors) to enter the competition that will end

when scholarships are awarded in 2022, the year

they will complete high school and enter college.


2. Students who plan to leave high school early to

enroll in college full time after spending three years

or less in grades 9 through 12 usually can participate

in the National Merit Program if they take the

PSAT/NMSQT before they enroll in college. To

enter the competition for awards offered in 2021,

these students must be in either the next-to-last or

the last year of high school when they take the 2019

PSAT/NMSQT:


a. if they are in the next-to-last year of high school

when they take the 2019 PSAT/NMSQT, awards

will be offered as they are finishing their last year

of high school; or


b. if they are in their last year of high school when

they take the 2019 PSAT/NMSQT, awards will

be offered the year after they have completed

high school.





Students who plan to participate in a postsecondary enrollment options program (through

which they enroll simultaneously in both high school

and college) must take the qualifying test in their

third year of high school (grade 11, junior year). To

enter the competition that ends when scholarships

are offered in 2021, these students must be in their

third year of high school when they take the 2019

PSAT/NMSQT, the same as all other students who

plan to spend four years in grades 9 through 12.

The high school determines whether a student is

participating in a post-secondary enrollment options

program and certifies the students status.


4. Students who plan to take five years to complete

grades 9 through 12 can participate in the National

Merit Program if they take the PSAT/NMSQT in

the third year of high school and again in the fourth

year. These students Selection Index scores will not

be eligible for the program until a written request

for entry to the competition is approved by NMSC.

The request should include the students name, high

school name and location, year the student began

high school, year the student will complete high

school, and a brief explanation of the students

educational pattern.


NMSC will use the students Selection Index score

from the PSAT/NMSQT taken in the students third year

of grades 9 through 12 to determine the expected level

of recognition. In order to be recognized in the fifth

(final) year of high school, the student must take

the PSAT/NMSQT again in the fourth year, and

earn a qualifying Selection Index score at or above

the level achieved on the third year test. The level

of recognition a student receives cannot exceed the

level earned on the qualifying test taken during the

students third year in grades 9 through 12, the year

in which all other competitors are considered.





NMSC uses PSAT/NMSQT Selection Index scores

(calculated by doubling the sum of the Reading,

Writing and Language, and Math Test scores) as an

initial screen of some 1.6 million program entrants.

The 2019 Selection Index scores of all students who

meet entry requirements for the 2021 program will be

considered. In the spring of 2020, NMSC will ask high

school principals to identify any errors or changes in the

reported eligibility of their high scorers (students whose

Selection Index scores will qualify them for recognition

in the fall of 2020).


Commended Students. In September 2020, more than

two-thirds (about 34,000) of the high scorers will be

designated Commended Students. They will be named

on the basis of a nationally applied Selection Index

qualifying score that may vary from year to year.

In recognition of their outstanding ability and

potential for academic success in college, these students

will be honored with Letters of Commendation sent to

them through their high schools. Although Commended

Students will not continue in the competition for

National Merit Scholarships, some may be candidates

for Special Scholarships offered by corporate sponsors. NMSC will notify those candidates in

November 2020.


Semifinalists. Some 16,000 of the high scorers,

representing less than 1 percent of the nations high

school graduating seniors, will qualify as Semifinalists.

Only Semifinalists will have an opportunity to advance

in the competition for Merit Scholarship® awards.

NMSC will notify Semifinalists of their standing and

send scholarship application materials to them through

their high schools in September 2020. Their names will

be sent to regionally accredited four-year U.S. colleges

and universities and released to local news media for

public announcement in mid-September.


NMSC designates Semifinalists in the program on a

state-representational basis to ensure that academically

able young people from all parts of the United States

are included in this talent pool. Using the latest data

available, an allocation of Semifinalists is determined for

each state, based on the states percentage of the national

total of high school graduating seniors. For example,

the number of Semifinalists in a state that enrolls

approximately two percent of the nations graduating

seniors would be about 320 (2 percent of the 16,000

Semifinalists).


NMSC then arranges the Selection Index scores of

all National Merit Program participants within a state in

descending order. The score at which a states allocation

is most closely filled becomes the Semifinalist qualifying

score. Entrants with a Selection Index score at or above

the qualifying score are named Semifinalists. As a result

of this process, Semifinalist qualifying scores vary from

state to state and from year to year, but the scores of all

Semifinalists are extremely high.


In addition to Semifinalists designated in each of

the 50 states and without affecting the allocation to any

state, Semifinalists are named in several other selection

units that NMSC establishes for the competition. These

units are for students attending schools in the District of

Columbia, schools in U.S. commonwealths and territories,

schools in other countries that enroll U.S. citizens, and

U.S. boarding schools that enroll a sizable proportion of

their students from outside the state in which the school

is located. A participant can be considered for Semifinalist

standing in only one state or selection unit, based on the

high school in which the student is regularly enrolled

when taking the PSAT/NMSQT.


Finalists. A Semifinalist must fulfill several additional

requirements and advance to the Finalist level of the

competition before being considered for a National

Merit Scholarship. Over 90 percent (about 15,000)

of the Semifinalists are expected to become Finalists

and receive a Certificate of Merit attesting to their

distinguished performance in the competition.

Only Finalists will be considered for the 7,600 National

Merit Scholarships. Approximately half of the Finalists

will be Merit Scholarship winners (Merit Scholar®

awardees). Winners are chosen on the basis of their

abilities, skills, and accomplishments—without regard

to gender, race, ethnic origin, or religious preference.

Scholarship recipients are the candidates judged to have

the greatest potential for success in rigorous college

studies and beyond.


To receive a scholarship payment, a Merit Scholarship

winner must notify NMSC of plans to (a) enroll in a

college or university in the United States that holds

accredited status with a regional accrediting commission

on higher education, and (b) enroll full time in an

undergraduate course of study leading to a traditional

baccalaureate degree. NMSC scholarship stipends are

not payable for attendance at service academies or

certain institutions that are limited in their purposes

or training.


The selection process involves evaluating substantial

amounts of information about Finalists obtained from

both students and their high schools. Included are the

Finalists academic record (course load and difficulty

level, depth and breadth of subjects studied, and grades

earned); standardized test scores; the students essay;

demonstrated leadership and contributions to school

and community activities; and the school officials written

recommendation and characterization of the Finalist.

The same process is used to select Special Scholarship

winners for a corporate sponsors awards.


Types of Scholarships

Some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships of three types

and approximately 1,100 Special Scholarships will

be awarded in 2021; these 8,700 awards will have a

combined value of about $41 million. Different types of

scholarships will be offered, but no student can receive

more than one monetary award from NMSC.


National Merit® $2500 Scholarships. These awards are

unique because every Finalist is considered for one and

winners are named in every state and other selection

unit. The number awarded in each state is determined by

the same representational procedure used to designate

Semifinalists. Finalists compete with all other Finalists in

their state or selection unit for one of the 2,500 National

Merit $2500 Scholarships. Winners are selected by a

committee of college admission officers and high school

counselors.


National Merit $2500 Scholarships provide a single

payment of $2,500. NMSCs own funds support the

majority of these scholarships, but corporate sponsors

help underwrite these awards with grants they provide

to NMSC in lieu of paying administrative fees.

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