<p>If you’re semifinalist, you’ll most likely be a finalist. Ascending to the finalist status has more to do with your school GPA than your PSAT score.</p>
<p>“I know national merit scholars gain a huge boost in admissions and many admission statistic books for colleges I’ve seen takes account for how many valedictorians and merit scholars that school has.”</p>
<p>Depending on which school though. The really selective schools don’t value national merit/achievement that much because there’re just too many applicants with national merit/ national achievement, but some schools loves national merit semifinalists and even gives out full ride scholarships, which is really cool. In any case, congrats!!</p>
<p>A link to the CC National Merit Scholarship forum:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/national-merit-scholarships/</a></p>