{"id":8914,"date":"2019-09-06T16:23:24","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T20:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/admissions\/undergraduate\/?page_id=8914"},"modified":"2022-10-31T12:49:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T16:49:58","slug":"forum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/admissions\/undergraduate\/forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Director&#8217;s Forum for National Merit Semifinalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid alignnone wp-image-11819 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/admissions\/undergraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/NM_Finalists_Dinner.png\" alt width=\"1200\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/admissions\/undergraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/NM_Finalists_Dinner.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/admissions\/undergraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/NM_Finalists_Dinner-300x113.png 300w, 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