National Merit Scholar..., anyone? |
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 Sep 2 2006, 12:28 AM
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te quiero  Group: Banned Posts: 2,586 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 14,678  |
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!!! |
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| *mzkandi* |
Sep 2 2006, 10:10 AM
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Whoa...congrats and good luck!
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| *Kathleen* |
Sep 4 2006, 03:01 PM
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How does one apply?
 Or do they uhh just get picked due to their grades?  Mmm congratulations, though!
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| *Statues/Shadows* |
Sep 4 2006, 05:11 PM
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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. |
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| *digital.fragrance* |
Sep 4 2006, 05:20 PM
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I got National Merit Semi-finalist too! Now the real competition begins.
I am 1 of 2 in a class of 130 people. |
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| *Kathleen* |
Sep 4 2006, 05:56 PM
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Ohhh that National Merit Scholar thing. I didn't realize that was what it was called.
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Sep 4 2006, 08:11 PM
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te quiero Group: Banned Posts: 2,586 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 14,678 |
QUOTE(digital.fragrance @ Sep 4 2006, 5:20 PM)  I got National Merit Semi-finalist too! Now the real competition begins. I am 1 of 2 in a class of 130 people. 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. |
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| *digital.fragrance* |
Sep 5 2006, 06:45 AM
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QUOTE poised' date='Sep 4 2006, 9:11 PM' post='2270111'] 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%. |
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Dec 12 2006, 08:49 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 65 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 438,348 |
I got National Merit and National Achievement (for Black people). I doubt I'll become a finalist...
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