Soooo.... who are the smart seniors who got National Merit Semifinalist?

My counselor just handed us the forms for Finalist application.

Only 8 people in my school got semifinalist, and I'm was so freakin' happy to be one of them.

So I'm giving myself bragging rights.

I GOT NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALIST, BIATCH!!!

Whoa...congrats and good luck!

How does one apply? Or do they uhh just get picked due to their grades? Mmm congratulations, though!

You don't apply, you take the PSAT as a junior, which is also the qualifying test. I think they take the top 10 or 20% of scores, and then have things to narrow it from there.

My score was just under. It qualified, but it didn't. I can't really think of a better way to explain that.

I got National Merit Semi-finalist too! Now the real competition begins.
I am 1 of 2 in a class of 130 people.

Ohhh that National Merit Scholar thing. I didn't realize that was what it was called.

Wow,... what school do you go to? B/C my class size is 535 and that's considered small for a public school.

Yeah... National Merit is based on your PSAT test. For each state, there's a cutoff, like in Tejas, it's 217 this year.

I go to a private school... thus the small enrollment. I'm not sure what the cut-off was - all I know was that it was the top 1%.

I got National Merit and National Achievement (for Black people). I doubt I'll become a finalist...