National Merit Scholar 2024. We’ve compiled the national merit semifinalist state cutoffs based on the most recent data from the fall of 2021. Before checking out the qualifying scores, let’s discuss how the national merit scholarship corporation (nmsc) determines who is named commended student or semifinalist.

They are now among over 16,000 semifinalists, a group of the highest. Take the sat ® or act and earn scores that confirm the psat/nmsqt performance that resulted in semifinalist standing;