2025 National Merit Semifinalists
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Recognizing and honoring the academically talented students of the United States.
NMSC is proud to announce the names of more than 16,000 Semifinalists in the 2025 National Merit? Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 6,870 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million that will be offered next spring. To compete for National Merit Scholarships, Semifinalists must advance to the Finalist level of the competition by fulfilling several additional requirements. A Semifinalist can become a Finalist and compete for a Merit Scholarship award in only one program year. About 95 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and about half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar? title. The release is made available here to provide information about the National Merit Scholarship Program. The names of Semifinalists are provided to news media for publication.
More information about the National Merit Scholarship Program can be found here: https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/interior.aspx?sid=1758&gid=2&pgid=1879