National Merit Semifinalists 2024 Louisiana Universities. Applicants with top 1% scores in their state are given national merit semifinalist status, and can compete for finalist status and scholarships of $2,500. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,140 national merit.

(ap) — almost 200 diversity, equity and inclusion staff positions were either cut or reassigned across north carolina’s public university system. A total of 234 high school seniors in louisiana, more than half of them in the new orleans area, have been named national merit semifinalists.