National Merit Semifinalists 2024 Date. High school students who take the preliminary sat/national merit scholarship qualifying test (psat/nmsqt ®) and meet other program requirements will enter the 2026 competition for national merit scholarship program recognition and scholarships. Before checking out the qualifying scores, let’s discuss how the national merit scholarship corporation (nmsc) determines who is named commended student or semifinalist.

Plano isd joins with the national merit scholarship corporation (nmsc®) to congratulate our 74 national merit program® semifinalists in the 69th annual national merit scholarship program*. For more information, visit nationalmerit.org.