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title: "15% of CA National Merit Semifinalists Are Elite"
description: "Of the 2,014 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists in California, 332 are Elite students. See how semifinalists are chosen and where to find the full list."
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# 15% of California National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists are Elite Students

October 13, 2016 1 min read

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This year's National Merit Scholarship semifinalists have been announced, and of the **2,014** semifinalists from California, **332 of them are students at Elite.**

National Merit Scholarship semifinalists are selected based on their scores from the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). This group of semifinalists represents less than 1% of high school seniors in the United States.

You can find a complete list of California National Merit Scholarship semifinalists at [The Mercury News](http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/14/national-merit-semifinalists-announced/).

**Congratulations to all the National Merit Scholarship semifinalists and to all our students at Elite!**

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