National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist 2024 Date. The 2024 preliminary sat/national merit scholarship qualifying test (psat/nmsqt ®) is the qualifying test for entry to the 2026 national merit ® scholarship program. High school students who take the preliminary sat/national merit scholarship qualifying test (psat/nmsqt ®) and meet other program requirements.

High school juniors were screened for the 2024 national merit scholarship program through the 2022 preliminary sat/national merit scholarship qualifying test (psat/nmsqt®); The 2,500 national merit $2500 scholarship winners were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding finalists in the 2024 national merit scholarship program.