What percentile do you need to be a national merit scholar

96th percentile

Explanation:

The National Merit Scholarship Program is a competition that awards college scholarships and recognition to highest performing US high school students. There are several requirements and different competition rounds to win, however the first step is placing at or over the 96th percentile at the PSAT/NSMQT tests.

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