Hank Whittemore’s score on the PSAT has qualified him as a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist.Students with the highest PSAT scores qualify for recognition in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Over 1.5 million students take the test but only 16,000 usually qualify for the honor of being named a semifinalist. Semifinalists are the highest scoring entrants in each state.Whittemore scored 210.