In the fall of 2017, 1.6 million members of this year's graduating class took the PSAT, which for juniors serves as the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, or NMSQT. Of those 1.6 million students, approximately 16,000--just less than 1%--are recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as National Merit Semifinalists for their scores on the test.

What activities are you involved in after school? If you ask the "average" student, their answers will vary. Many participate in sports, arts, or music, but one Episcopal Collegiate School Junior, Rand Brewer, will give you a different answer. "I race drones," says Brewer. That's right, Brewer is an avid drone man and was recently drafted onto a professional drone racing team.