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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Semifinalists must fulfill additional requirements and advance to the Finalist level of the competition to be considered for a scholarship. Approximately 15,000 of the 16,000 Semifinalists advance to Finalist standing by submitting SAT scores that confirm the earlier PSAT/NMSQT performance, having an outstanding academic record, and being endorsed and recommended by a high school official. They must also submit an application that includes high school courses and grades, extracurricular and volunteer activities, and a self-descriptive essay. The information that is collected about each Semifinalist is used later in the process to choose scholarship winners. All Finalists receive a Certificate of Merit in recognition of their outstanding performance in the competition."

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Yes, but only 7,500 National Merit Finalists are awarded every year.  Your quote from Wikipedia simply means that 15,000 out of 16,000 semifinalists chose to go through the trouble of submitting additional documentations to be consider.  
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NP here, but that's not correct.  Around 15,000 of the 16,000 semifinalists become finalists.  The thousand who don't typically include kids who had disqualifying grades, or whose schools weren't on the ball enough to let them know they needed to complete the application to move on in the process.  Of those 15,000, a smaller amount ultimately receive the $2,500 award from National Merit, though other finalists receive corporate awards or awards that their college provides.  The process is explained here: http://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/interior.aspx?sid=1758&gid=2&pgid=424  [/quote]There is also a citizenship requirement.  There are several in this year's group at my kid's school that will not receive further consideration for this reason.  It is probably not uncommon, especially in the DC area, where so many foreign nationals make their homes -= think embassies, world bank, etc.[/quote]

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