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Move to Wyoming. If you can’t raise your score, just lower the bar of qualification (Wyoming’s cutoff was 10 points lower this year).
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Read the Falcon. Stay informed!
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Take a nap during the test. Catch up on sleep to be more alert.
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Don’t cheat. It’s not funny, just like this top 10.
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Yodel. Channel last year’s test and assert your dominance like a true loon.
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Bring a snack. Distract your competition with food to lower the cutoff score.
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Prepare extra batteries. Your calculator might die during the test, just like your brain.
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Ask a senior for advice. After all, 51 of them qualified, right?
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Cram the night before. Less sleep means more adrenaline. (Please don’t quote us on this.)
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Just learn it. Enjoy the process; it’s more important than the result.
Top 10 ways to become a National Merit Semifinalist
October 17, 2019
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