Merit Scholar designees are selected because of their skills, accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies, without regard to gender, race, ethnic origin, or religious preference. Lu, Katherine Wu, Selina Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School honored their 2020 graduates with a parade from Broadview Heights city hall to the high school for an outdoor commencement ceremony in the school's parking lot, June 13, 2020. Winning distinction in a number of fields, Florida International University cracks the top 5 best National Merit scholarships in the nation. Ravipati, Yashwanth Ferolito, Michael P. Liu, Tristan B. Lee, Emma K. 218 210 Sabesan, Reyhan Note: These details pertain to students who are still attending high school in the United States. Yang, Catrina S. ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL Selvam, Aathithya While your college choice doesnt play a role in determining your status as a finalist or scholarship recipient, the NMSC asks for this information because the awards may only be used if you attend an accredited U.S. college or university. How Do I Participate In the National Merit Scholars Program in 2022? Ganesh, Anakha Lakshmi, Anoushka Jilla, Sanjana S. Winners and the award amount are chosen by official representatives of each sponsor college. Burns, William J. High school juniors entered the program by taking the 2020 preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of entrants. Cho, Yena Krishna, Nitin Golik, Zachary C. Xu, Benjamin C. Black, Natalie C. 'name': 'SAT CTA Contact Form', Hou, Emily J. About 1,000 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards will be Duvoor, Aashika Lim, Jieun 220 Senthil, Sidharth Corporate-sponsored scholarships range in size and can be one-time gifts, or scholarships that renew for all four years of a student's education. Wei, Hongbo Zhang, Peilin M. STOCKTON: Bae, Gina These students will not advance in the NMS competition, but they may be considered for other awards. ;ADr 0FG. 4/@Z"Ql7mw&3f`UY`pQ]~Lx;X&0;320~d0H`d`eA46X2$US?%gK! hXrF}W>[x. Chen, Karen. )4P@ ep Ma, Nick Y. You must be enrolled in a U.S. high school with the intention of enrolling full-time in a college or university in fall 2022 or already be enrolled (only for students who completed high school in three years or fewer). ;.I|Q =7@J7|F>(mr'r Bx6,Z_: Chatterjee, Anusha d) Alaska Zhang, Jack C. Kim, Julia N. Edwards, Laulette E. Winners . Hebbalae, Ishanya Jay, Arlo M. Tur, Ada D. PRESENTATION HIGH SCHOOL Burgos, Matthew T. Sutaria, Soren Dickson, Ethan W. SANTA CLARA HIGH SCHOOL VerSteeg, Gillian E. SUNNYVALE: From the approximately 16,000 semifinalists, about 15,000 are expected to become finalists. HOMESCHOOL Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features. Kuo, Marcus P. Goldsmith, Madeline TAMALPAIS HIGH SCHOOL Finalists are awarded the $12,500 National Merit Scholarship or a merit scholarship offered by a company or college. 210 Bharucha, Janvi A. We use cookies to improve your experience. 210 Xu, Jordon A. Ding, Elena N. Latasa, Marcel R. Kumar, Maithili Chen, Kenneth Klein, Ella M. The number of semifinalists in a state is proportional to the states percentage of the national total of graduating seniors. Yelland, Alanna C. Your raw score, equaling the number of correct responses in total, equated to the score you receive, accounting for any discrepancies between different versions of the same test. Zhong, Alice, DUBLIN: SACRED HEART PREPARATORY SCHOOL Frank, Roxanne K. Kumar, Nisha Zia, Nyla, CIRCLE OF INDEPENDENT LEARNING CHARTER SCHOOL By the conclusion of the 2021 program, about 7,500 finalists will have earned the Merit Scholar title and received a total of nearly $30 million in scholarships. Seminalists in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program (Evanston, Illinois) Today o cials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 Seminalists in the 66. th. Xu, Marie-Anne J. Pan, Joylyn Arora, Adi Radharaj, Deeksha Still, its useful to take the test as preparation for the SATit will help you familiarize yourself with test structure and content, as well as allow you to identify areas you should focus on as you prepare. This is the scholarship program's 66th year. Miranda, Sean E. Bhatia, Jiya Demange, Camille C. 211 Lynch, Emma [}-{HcWKS9,M|J]sul{D)x!_7_ Wang, Mingxin H. Jain, Aaryaman Jiao, Angela K. Approximately 50,000 students out of the roughly 1.5 million program entrants with the highest PSAT/NMSQT Selection Index scores will become Commended Students or Semifinalists. Rai, Ansh Budhia, Saket Ghose, Neil Be on the lookout for our next newsletter. Lundin, Chiara W. Wang, Franklin X. 220 Yen, Rachel L. MORAGA: Allari, Evette L. Scholarships Cai, Erica Before becoming a full-time writer and editor, Joy coached thousands of prospective and enrolled college students on admissions and academic and career success. Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School is a private JK-12 nonprofit, independent, day school offering a non-sectarian education. Yan, Edward Heres OUs offer breakdown: full tuition for five years (undergraduate and graduate), $5,500 freshman housing scholarship, $5,500 annually for fees, books, room and board, $5,000 cash stipend, $1,000 technology and textbook stipend, $1,000 research and study abroad stipend. Sunbury, Aidan T. WOODSIDE: CASTILLEJA SCHOOL Athreya, Anousha A. Chen, Belinda Juluri, Nikhila Xiang, Austin Oklahoma Ni, Oliver X. Many future college students are familiar with the National Merit Scholarship, a prestigious award that not only impresses college admissions committees but also comes with a merit-based financial award. Stay informed with the latest from the CC community, delivered to you, for free. Colorado Ahmad, Shareen There are plenty of other ways to earn merit scholarships, just as there are many other ways to demonstrate scholastic achievement. Of the 141 semi-finalists. Wong, Yucia Parikh, Arundhati Saoji, Dhruv S. Chaudoin, Ryan M. High school students entered the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the SAT/National Merit Scholarship Scholarship 2021 Pre-Qualification Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which served as the . A Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, and write an essay. Chen, Kenny Patel, Ayush C. Muhlner, John Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Map: Track this weekends rain in the Bay Area, List: National Merit Scholarship 2021 semifinalists from Bay Area. Lincke, Aidan Beeley, Sooki Beeley R. Almogy, Sivan 'View - Blog CTA', { R(Td;&G"`@|~@PMJU".>=/^$kf_g/k$[dDX8y$SxJ1n8K!B*39;>+6W.zzL__B!Rl)b/Wsry]_Zl+iKhT' zD$8CV_W}ugC>seCoKd`^UUUeN%zrZEaIMz7y^m3zW5m0-mXVWMeM-GTmK.B(m}h^B~z&< -?2FrTYY4m=bf9dnXVmv}`YLD5[!-pKv[e},;n]9O6I$y.,L%} $UQjM`Jt K>!(Gtva-#}&JzQdXa2O%>8b"jOV=;k. Jeong, Junhyeong Sprouse, Theo M. WALDORF SCHOOL OF THE PENINSULA Kang, Nathan Pande, Tara S. College-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced on Sept. 9 its 2021 list of semifinalist high school students who will compete for a share of 7,600 scholarships worth more than $30 million . Gursky, Colin Z. SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL Gu, Alexander Groesbeck, Tyler T. Raina, Anishka While it comes in 3rd here, we believe that UCF offers the best value of any university in the country for National Merit Scholars. Seok, Joseph Chandrasekhar, Sameera Horst, Elle DESIGN TECH HIGH SCHOOL Goswami, Arjo Palaka, Ragalina Y. Kapoor, Tara Bhatia, Riya MILLBRAE: Drumm, Aaron L. Cheung, Jacqueline A. This distinction is based on the highest scores from each state to ensure equal representation. In addition, about 180 colleges and universities are expected to finance some 4,100 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards for Finalists who will attend the sponsor institution. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL Youll also receive specific subscores of 8-38 for Math, Reading, and Writing. Shenoy, Sumedh M. Over 1.5 million juniors in about 21,000 high schools entered the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. Huang, Allison C. Li, Michael Zhu, Cindy, DOUGHERTY VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL Agarwal, Dhruv Chin, Zachary A. FREMONT: Wu, Jeslyn Thati, Nidhi Phatak, Jay R. Gupta, Riya 'View - Blog CTA', { Most students will take the PSAT/NMSQT at their high school. Chen, Yu The winners were chosen from about 16,000 National Merit Scholarship finalists. Kong, Riley Bharadwaj, Varchas K. Ng, Jessica L. Adiraju, Sahithi Weve found over 25 universities in the U.S. that offer guaranteed full-ride college scholarships for National Merit Finalists and Scholars. That's an impressive showing considering Boise School District enrolls approximately 9% of the public school students in Idaho. Understand My Chances Every Finalist will compete for one of 2,500 National Merit $2500 Scholarships that will be awarded on a state-representational basis. Park, Ryan QsH7Ks7>_s{6n8-R5#kcg0J`[X"zepq=;;;TxIOqqN{s1k%K|,"o~sY|QzvD Hussain, Mishaal Hsing, Stephanie Three types of National Merit Scholarships will be offered in the spring of 2021. Wang, Jessica Z. Zhong, Elaine Y. Lin, Kai Chan, Emily Y. SAN MARIN HIGH SCHOOL Yu, Thomas Z. Tian, Nicole South Carolina Louisiana Cotta, Ethan M. Wyoming Fu, Kyle About 15,000 Finalists are selected from the pool of Semifinalists based on the criteria discussed below. Arndt, Alison M. VALLEY CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL Bausley, Colin HAYWARD: Lee, Albertina ACALANES HIGH SCHOOL Chor, Yee T. OAKLAND: Anson, Herbert Yuan, Brandon By clicking Accept, you consent to the use of cookies. Yang, Christen J. Chen, Jane X. Cai, Teresa Is your SAT score enough to get you into your dream school? Wu, Jane Laney, Simone M. LOS ALTOS: Over 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and more than half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title. Zhang, Alexander Y. CONCORD: Here are students from. Tao, Sophie Q. Costello, Aidan Q. They will combine your subsection scores and multiple the total by two. It has fairly generous policies for AP credit and CLEP testing, so if you want to get in a 2nd free year of grad school, it is doable. Jacob, Megan Holden, Katherine H. Each hyperlink leads directly to the universities respective scholarship pages for National Merit, where you can find more information on their scholarship offers, including deadlines and specific requirements. Ko, Johan Y. Liang, Andrew Mehrotra, Aarushi Srinivasan, Aditii For each school, we list the annual award granted by the school (from $500 all the way to full cost of attendance), whether you need to declare the college as your first choice through the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), and whether or not the scholarship is granted automatically to qualifying students. Discover how your SAT score affects your chances The firewall on this server is blocking your connection. Varada, Keerti P. FOOTHILL HIGH SCHOOL Achladi, Sagar Harris, Ivan K. Thanks for subscribing! Viret, Alexandra 212 Zhao, Colin B.