Here’s the Washington, DC list: https://patch.com/district-columbia/washingtondc/55-washington-dc-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists
Does anyone have the Hawaii list? Thanks.
Thanks so much for the replies! Cleveland.com did publish the semifinalists for 2017, but I did not see a list for 2018.
I’ll call or email them next week, and if I get the list, I’ll post it.
When do schools publish the National Merit Commended lists?
@sunnyschool I have never seen a Commended list for a state, but sometimes schools will put something out themselves. (I saw a newspaper clipping from a small town paper about one such Commended student–but it was from many years ago.) But, in general, that isn’t typical.
National Merit should be mailing letters directly to Commended students to let them know of that honor. That’s the end of the process for them, so something to look forward to. (Technically, schools already know who those kids are due to a NM letter in the spring that listed all students who scored at the Commended level and higher. If they remove the students who are now semi-finalists, the rest are Commended.
Thanks @Reebtoor
I just wondered when the schools would know and if they have the information on who made Commended status. Our school does recognize these students, so hopefully will be soon.
I too was frustrated by not seeing anything published by local NJ media. It’s nice to know that your own child is a semifinalist, but it’d ALSO be nice to know who else to congratulate. What I did was do a google search for “2018 Merit Semifinalist (Hometown)” and found relevant articles for last year. Then I emailed the author of that article to ask them if they were planning to write an update since the information had been released to media on 9/12/18. I was pleased that one of the authors wrote me back to thank me for the reminder and within 2 days had published a list.
Ideally, our son’s high school would have done that, but they clearly were not as motivated as I was to have something published.
(I’m here now, hoping to see a link to a list for Massachusetts. I’m pretty sure my nephew would have qualified, but have heard nothing from my sister and it feels awkward to bring it up in case it isn’t happy news.)
@sunnyschool The letter from NMSC that my son’s school counselor handed him - On September 7th - was dated August 21, 2018.
That letter said, “Except for your family and your high school principal, this information is confidential until Wednesday, September 12, 2018, when National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) will release the names of Semifinalists to news media nationwide.”
Based on that, I suspect that all schools learned about their Semifinalists sometime between 8/21 and 9/7. I am guessing they would also have been notified about Commended students, but can’t say for certain since our school did not publish anything about commended students yet. I found an article they did publish from last year that mentioned commended students at the same time they announced the Finalists (not the semifinalists), so possibly commended students aren’t made available until then.
That seems cruel and silly, however, because commended students results are based on their PSAT scores and don’t have to go through the application process the semifinalists go through to become finalists.
If I were you, I’d call your high school and ask them. Good luck!
@LuvsLabs I tried that technique for contacting media outlets, but the author either is not listed or the article says, “from staff reports.” Glad you had some luck.
Call NMSC (number published earlier in this thread) and ask them. They are really helpful. They can also tell you who specifically they sent the information to at the school (normally the principal) and if the school has logged in to get their list. They’ll resend the information if the school needs it, but the students can’t start filling in the application information until the school logs in and generates their account.
We’re still looking for any kind of Virginia list, but several school districts have published. We had to hound the school after NMSC confirmed they hadn’t logged in to generate accounts, although NMSC confirmed she did make the list beforehand.
FYI, on the overall list published on this group, Virginia (Loudon County) is spelled Loudoun.
Virginia (Arlington) - https://www.apsva.us/post/16-seniors-named-national-merit-scholarship-semifinalists/
Virginia (Winchester) - http://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/local-students-make-the-cut-as-national-merit-scholarship-semifinalists/article_b4cc60f9-205f-5b75-8dae-37afe72f3d3c.html
Virginia (Vienna) - https://patch.com/virginia/vienna/24-vienna-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists
Virginia (McLean) - https://patch.com/virginia/mclean/24-mclean-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists
To anyone who thinks their child made NMSF but who haven’t heard anything from the school – do what @NovaDad2019 suggested in post#150. Your kid needs to get going on his or her part of the application sooner rather than later. It is due October 10th!
@IvyTech Your link to the Indiana list is no longer working. Can you review and see if something changed on the link address? Thanks.
The lists being posted often aren’t full lists for the states. It is a bit of a fool’s errand to try to track down an accurate full state’s list. And what is the point? Talk to the principal at YOUR school about YOUR kid. The school gets notified. You are free to tell anyone you want after that.
Ohio - https://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/09/national_merit_semifinalists_a.html
Alabama - https://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/09/national_merit_scholarship_sem.html
Arkansas - https://www.arktimes.com/media/pdf/19_ar_semifinalists-natlmeritprogram.pdf
California - https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/09/12/full-california-list-national-merit-scholarship-semifinalists-2019/
Delaware - https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/education/2018/09/13/19-delaware-students-name-national-merit-scholarship-semi-finalists/1289859002/
Florida - http://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/10978/urlt/19flSF-NatlMeritProgram.pdf
Idaho - https://www.idahoednews.org/news/national-merit-scholar-semi-finalists-announced/
Illinois — http://d211post.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/19-IL-Semifinalists-NatlMeritProgram.pdf
Indiana (Northwest) - http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-national-merit-semifinalists-st-20180912-story.html
Kansas (Wichita) - https://www.kansas.com/news/local/education/article218268630.html
Louisiana (Jefferson Parrish) - https://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2018/09/national_merit_semifinalists_j.html
Louisiana (St Tammany) - https://www.nola.com/expo/news/erry-2018/09/0d767954333084/meet-st-tammanys-20-national-m.html
Maine - https://www.pressherald.com/2018/09/12/national-merit-scholarship-semifinalists-announced-2/
Michigan (Washtenaw County) - https://articles.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2018/09/national_merit_scholarships_20_1.amp
Maryland - http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/k-12/bs-md-national-merit-scholarship-20180917-story.html
Minnesota- http://www.startribune.com/nearly-300-minnesota-seniors-named-national-merit-semifinalists-nmsf-2019/492955011/
Missouri (Columbia) - https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/higher_education/columbia-home-to-national-merit-semifinalists-this-year/article_eb737282-b5e3-11e8-9c11-03f5c86bcfc6.html
Missouri (Southwest) - https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/education/2018/09/12/sgf-springfield-10-teens-semifinalists-national-merit-scholarship/1267229002/
Nevada - https:///file/d/1Gbdw38D83d-AFaGUCyj3vwjIYBsRntZi/view?usp=sharing
New Jersey (Central) - https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/education/2018/09/12/national-merit-scholarship-program-semifinalists-2019/1266273002/
New Mexico - https://www.abqjournal.com/1219870/nm-has-90-plus-national-merit-semifinalists.html
New York - https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2018/09/12/nationalmerit2019.html
Oklahoma (Northeast) - https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/education/northeast-oklahoma-students-named-national-merit-scholarship-program-semifinalists-for/article_41bd2f2c-52dd-578c-8ad7-af81179f1e15.html
Oregon (Portland Metro) - https://www.oregonlive.com/expo/news/erry-2018/09/2428e157ed3638/oregons-powerhouse-national-me.htm
Pennsylvania - https:///file/d/1NIDnIyoZGfeY-65lbrHLEOu-4EIR2kT/view?usp=sharing
Rhode Island -
South Carolina (Greenville area) - https://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/News/main.asp?titleid=1809merit
Tennessee (Williamson County) - https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/schools/2018/09/12/williamson-county-schools-sees-record-national-merit-semifinalists/1278189002/
Tennessee (Regional) - http://news.chattanoogan.com/2018/9/12/376035/Semifinalists-In-The-2019-National.aspx
Texas - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2018/09/12/north-texas-high-school-national-merit-semifinalists-see-654-honorees
Virginia (Fairfax County) - https://www.fcps.edu/news/two-hundred-fifty-four-students-named-2019-national-merit-semifinalists
Virginia (Loudon County) - https://www.lcps.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=1&ModuleInstanceID=179243&ViewID=7caaa5fa-9086-4e88-bcf0-3224ab17505e&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=311053&PageID=1&GroupByFied=&GroupYear=0&GroupMonth=0&Tag=
Washington, DC - https://patch.com/district-columbia/washingtondc/55-washington-dc-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists
Washington State: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/washingtons-national-merit-scholarship-semifinalists-named-seattles-lakeside-tops-list/
Wisconsin - https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/localschools/madison-west-leads-state-with-national-merit-scholarship-semi-finalists/article_24438836-201f-5f71-8f45-41e1d38c7be8.html
Nebraska and Western Iowa for anyone interested.
https://www.omaha.com/news/education/nebraska-iowa-students-named-national-merit-semifinalists/article_24cb81ac-9cc0-11e7-a5e6-3b700f132a86.html
@dadof4kids Bummer. That’s last year’s list.
nothing for North Carolina??? ugh
Does anyone have the link for PA?