2014 National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Scores Released

Submitted by fairtest on September 8, 2013 - 7:15pm

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for immediate release, Thursday, September 11, 2014

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP QUALIFYING SCORES RELEASED FOR 2014

 

FairTest's Bob Schaeffer is quoted in this excellent article by Nancy Griesemer on the release of the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Scores for 2014.

See the scores below:

 

The state-by-state list of National Merit Scholarship qualifying scores for students graduating in the high school class of 2015 is below. NOTE: The scores for the high school class of 2016 are now availalble as well and can be viewed by clicking here.

NMSQT/PSAT Qualifying Scores for High School
Class of 2015 National Merit Semifinalists
  Alabama   207   Nevada   208  
  Alaska                      210   New Hampshire   212  
  Arizona   213   New Jersey   224  
  Arkansas   206   New Mexico   210  
  California   222   New York   218  
  Colorado   213   North Carolina   212  
  Connecticut   220   North Dakota   201  
  Delaware   215   Ohio   213  
  Dist. of Columbia   224   Oklahoma   206  
  Florida   211   Oregon   217  
  Georgia   215   Pennsylvania   216  
  Hawaii   214   Rhode Island   212  
  Idaho   211   South Carolina   209  
  Illinois   215   South Dakota   203  
  Indiana   212   Tennessee   212  
  Iowa   207   Texas   218  
  Kansas   213   Utah   208  
  Kentucky   210   Vermont   213  
  Louisiana   208              Virginia   219  
  Maine   212   Washington   219  
  Maryland   221   West Virginia   201  
  Massachusetts   223   Wisconsin   208  
  Michigan   210   Wyoming   204  
  Minnesota   215          
  Mississippi   207   U.S. Territories   201  
  Missouri   209   Outside U.S.   224  
  Montana   206   Boarding Schools   *  
  Nebraska   209     (*depends on region)      

 

Click here for The state-by-state list of National Merit Scholarship qualifying scores for students graduating in the high school class of 2016

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