National Merit and Early Graduation

nngmm
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:39:50 +0000

If the PSAT you took was a real one,you can call the National merit corporation, and tell them that you will be graduating a year early, and they will change your status.

Many high schools have all their sophomores take a school-sponsored “practice PSAT”. It looks like the real thing, but it is not - it is a last year’s test that can’t count for National Merit.

So if you are in the first category - you are all set. If you are in the second one, you should take PSAT again next year. If you score high enough, you can still proceed to become NMF (you will have to get the paperwork from your HS). Most schools that give scholarships to NMFs will then give you their scholarship starting in your sophomore year in college. Some will also give it retroactively for the first year that you’ve missed.