National Merit® Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) has recognized four St. Mary’s Dominican High School seniors as National Merit Semifinalists: Brooke Babin, Katherine Ellis, Christina Rareshide, and Abi Scanlan. They are among 16,000 high scorers, representing less than one percent of the nation’s high school graduating seniors, who qualified as Semifinalists. Only Semifinalists will have an opportunity to advance in the competition for Merit Scholarship® awards.
NMSC, a not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance, was established in 1955 specifically to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. United States high school students enter the National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT)/NMSQT® which serves as an initial screen of more than 1.5 million entrants each year, and by meeting published program entry and participation requirements. Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 400 business organizations and higher education institutions that share NMSC’s goals of honoring the nation’s scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence