Consider your kids lucky if you don't live in New Jersey.

Qualifying Scores for the Class of 2015 National Merit Semifinalists:

Alabama  207
Alaska  210
Arizona  213
Arkansas  206

California  222
Colorado  213
Connecticut  220

Delaware  215
District of Columbia  224
Florida  211
Georgia  215
Hawaii 214

Idaho  211
Illinois  215
Indiana  212
Iowa  207
Kansas  213
Kentucky  210

Louisiana  208
Maine  212
Maryland  221
Massachusetts  223
Michigan  210
Minnesota  215
Mississippi  207
Missouri  209
Montana  206


Nebraska  209
Nevada  208
New Hampshire  212
New Jersey  224
New Mexico  210
New York  218
North Carolina  212
North Dakota  201

Ohio  213
Oklahoma  206
Oregon  217
Pennsylvania  216
Rhode Island  212
South Carolina  209
South Dakota  203

Tennessee  212
Texas  218
Utah  208
Vermont  213
Virginia  219
Washington  219
West Virginia  201
Wisconsin  208
Wyoming  204

Commended  201  (National Cutoff)
Outside United States  224
U.S. Territories  201