National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist
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Anonymous
not knocking on nmsf, hope my kid gets it, but seriously to the bolded? No, after HS, no one cares. |
Anonymous
Depends on what you mean by "cares." You won the same award as the people below. I think it's an honor. National Merit and National Achievement Scholars The following is a list of notable National Merit Scholarship Program honorees, many of whom are listed on the "Scholars You May Know" page on the National Merit Scholarship Corporation website.[15] John C. Malone (1959) Elvin Bishop (1960) Joseph Stiglitz (1960) Randy Hendricks (1963) Amory Lovins (1964) Robert Reich (1964) Thomas Cech (1966) Alexa Canady (1967) Mitch Daniels (1967) Michael Walsh (1967) Roger Tsien (1968) Jerry Greenfield (1969) Paul Krugman (1970) Ben Bernanke (1971) Evelynn M. Hammonds (1971) Jeffrey Sachs (1972) Bill Gates (1973) Jim Cramer (1973) John Roberts (1973) Mae Jemison (1973) Steve Ballmer (1973) Elena Kagan (1977) Lisa P. Jackson (1979) B. Alvin Drew (1980) Lisa Randall (1980) Jeff Bezos (1982) Andrew Gelman (1982) Susan Rice (1982) Spencer Wells (1984) Peter Thiel (1985) Chubb Rock (1985)[16] Jeri Ryan (1986)[17] Lauren Lake (1986)[18] Linda Rottenberg (1986) Elliott Smith (1987)[19] Ted Cruz (1988)[20] M. Night Shyamalan (1988) Howard Steven Friedman (1989)[21] Michael McCullers (1989) Josh Singer (1990)[22] Asia Carrera (1991) Melissa Harris-Perry (1991) Brooke Magnanti (1992) Stephenie Meyer (1992) Felicia Day (1995) Slater Rhea (2005)[23] |
Anonymous
Not our experience. Our kids have always included NMF in their applications to post college opportunities - jobs, PhD programs, and medical schools. While I can't say how much, it seemed to help. |
Anonymous
Chubb Rock and Ted Cruz...nice!! |
Anonymous
Why wouldn't it be listed in the awards section? |
Anonymous
My kid had a 223 last year in MD but the cutoff was 224. |
Anonymous
New poster, but maybe this is relevant: "National Merit If you have fewer than five awards listed in your Honors section, feel free to include a National Merit designation here. Commended Student and Semifinalist should be listed at the state level, while Finalist and Scholar should be listed at the National level. However, if you have five awards that are less common and more impressive than a National Merit award, you may choose to include it in the additional information section or your resume. It will already be clear that you have high test scores from your SAT or ACT." https://blog.collegevine.com/reporting-honors-and-awards-in-the-common-app/ |
Anonymous
| Compass is reporting that MD cutoff is 222. Anyone from VA or DC hear yet? |
Anonymous
Not impressive because some of them come from very low cutoff states. There are many others who would have been semi-finalists if they went to school in a different state. What's more impressive is scoring 1600 on the SAT. |
Anonymous
Kiddo didn't make the cut huh? |
Anonymous
With much less resources available to them. |
Anonymous
NMF is not impressive anymore. The highlight of your glory will be getting named at your high school unless you take advantage of a school that gives a lot of money for it - usually schools not at the top of the list for the highest achievers. But the idea that this honor lasts a lifetime is so silly. A 1600 on the SAT, much harder than NMF is not even noteworthy anymore. I saw 1600 SAT or 36 ACT kids getting WL or rejected left and right from schools you would expect that it would be an auto-admit. Means almost nothing these days thanks to the lib takeover of higher education. |
Anonymous
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NMF is not impressive anymore. The highlight of your glory will be getting named at your high school unless you take advantage of a school that gives a lot of money for it - usually schools not at the top of the list for the highest achievers. But the idea that this honor lasts a lifetime is so silly. A 1600 on the SAT, much harder than NMF is not even noteworthy anymore. I saw 1600 SAT or 36 ACT kids getting WL or rejected left and right from schools you would expect that it would be an auto-admit. Means almost nothing these days thanks to the lib takeover of higher education. +1 Agree. My DD’s a NM scholar and received a one time $2k award at Villanova. It’s not a lifetime honor by any means. It’s what a child makes out of his/her career, his progress, and his contribution to society as a whole that matters. |
Anonymous
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MD confirmed as 222
So far highest state cut off. What does that mean for DC? |
Anonymous
It means DC cutoff is at least 222, but could be higher if another state comes in higher. The only state that has a chance of coming in higher than 222 based on historical data is NJ. MA is the other high-scoring state, and it has been confirmed at 222. |