National Merit Semifinalist and Finalist scholarships
ListedCollege program
- Award
- Semifinalist: full undergraduate tuition. Finalist: full undergraduate tuition plus a $2,000 annual stipend.
- Deadline
- No deadline stated; select Harding as first choice with NMSC.
- How to apply
- Apply to Harding as a National Merit Semifinalist or Finalist. Harding asks recipients to name it first choice with NMSC; confirm how the requirement applies before advancement to Finalist.
- What you'll need
- No separate application: you are considered when you apply for admission
- Who can apply
- Incoming freshmen recognized as National Merit Semifinalists or Finalists. NMSC entry rules allow students attending high school in the United States, D.C. or U.S. territories without a universal citizenship requirement. Students attending high school abroad must meet the separate citizenship or permanent-residence requirements.
- Good to know
- Recipients must maintain 3.25 GPA and campus housing. Harding’s Honors Scholars page also requires Honors curriculum, participation and service to retain scholarship eligibility. Award duration and 2027 deadlines are not published. The cost page still mentions National Achievement, whose high-school recognition program ended with the 2015 entering class according to NMSC.