The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) is a non-profit corporation operating in the United States. It administrates the National Merit Scholarship Program, and is responsible for determining the award of about 8,200 National Merit Scholarships annually as well as corporate-sponsored merit scholarships and others, including the National Achievement Scholarship Program (for African-American students) and the National Hispanic Scholars Program. Image File history File links Nmsc. ... The National Merit Scholarship Program is a college scholarship competition administered by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). ...

The corporation's headquarters are located in Evanston, Illinois. Incorporated City in 1872. ...

Junior year in high school, over a million students take the PSAT/NMSQT standardized test. If the score a student receives on the test (his selection index) is high enough, he will become a National Merit semi-finalist. Out of the 16,000 semi-finalists, 15,000 will become finalists. Out of those finalists, about 8,200 will be awarded scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The PSAT/NMSQT, or Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, is a multiple-choice standardized test administered by the College Board and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). ... The PSAT/NMSQT, or Preliminary-SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, is a multiple choice standardized test generally taken by high school juniors, sophomores, and freshmen in the United States. ...

See also

• PSAT/NMSQT
• College Board