How National Merit Works: Selection Index, Semifinalists, Finalists, and What Families Need to Know
For many families, National Merit is one of those things that stays in the background — until suddenly it does not. A student takes the PSAT. A score report comes back. Someone mentions Selection Index. Another parent starts talking about Commended or Semifinalist status. A counselor references state cutoffs. And before long, families are trying […]