<p>"In addition to the above, black students who score at least 190 or above will be named next fall as National Achievement Scholarship semi-finalists. Many of the same colleges that give generous National Merit scholarships also give generous National Achievement scholarships."</p>
<p>NSM, are you sure about this? My son's score was above 200 and he was not named a National Achievement Semi. He was only named "commended". I've tried to get NMSC to tell me what the cutoff is. They've said that they won't release the cutoff, but that it varies by state (for both NMS and Achievement programs). </p>
<p>I'm not sure why they're so cryptic. IMHO, it's a confusing program and loses some of it's luster because of all of the "speculation".</p>