<p>Hi All! National Merit has released their 2011-12 Annual Report; you can find it at: <a href="http://www.nationalmerit.org/annual_report.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.nationalmerit.org/annual_report.pdf</a></p>
<p>If you go to pages 4-7 it gives some detailed numbers that aren't released elsewhere. 16,178 students were named NM Semi Finalists, 15,110 students were named finalists. Page 7 gives the breakdown of commended and semi finalists by state. </p>
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