National Merit Scholarship

American  

noun

1. one of some 7,500 college scholarships awarded annually since 1955 by the nonprofit, grant-supported National Merit Scholarship Corporation, to high school students National Merit Scholars on the basis of scholastic record, personal character, and score on a test administered nationally.

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National Merit Scholarship

Thirty-eight students at Interlake High School, a public school in Bellevue, are National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists, making Interlake the school with the highest number of semifinalists in Washington state.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023

Fairfax County Public Schools has denied deliberately withholding the information from 261 students who were named “commended students” by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2023

Students are typically notified of their commended-student status in September so they can mark the distinction on college applications, according to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2022

Forty-two students at Interlake High School, a public school in Bellevue, are National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists, more than any other high school in Washington state.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2022

Out of 212 seniors, between 20 and 30 are finalists for the National Merit Scholarship each year, according to principal Stephen Covert.

From Salon ● May 1, 2022

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