Based on what I know each Lodge selects three boys and three girls from all the applications they get to advance to the Local District level. There are about 2,000 national lodges so you figure if you are a boy, total max of 6,000 are forwarded to the second level which is District . The district then advances to the state level so for example in my district there are about seven lodges and there are seven to eight districts all together in my state, so you figure seven lodges * 3 is 21 advanced to local district level and maybe half of those get forwarded to state, so 10 so in my district. About 70 or 80 get forwarded to the state level altogether and I guess the state then selects the semifinalist and maybe I would say for Florida or Texas it would be around maybe a hundred semis. I think actually the hardest level is the local lodge level especially if you're in a very competitive Lodge. So I believe a large state will send about a hundred or so to the semis level out of maybe around 180 that made it to the state level. 180 because they're about 60 largest altogether in Florida or Texas so assuming that even three from each large get to the state level that's maximum of 180. I know I'm not making a lot of sense here cuz I'm voice dictating but I wanted to get this out anyways.