The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) has announced Commended Students and Semifinalists in its prestigious 66th Annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Congratulations to:
- COMMENDED STUDENTS: Herodotus Georgiou ‘21, Nikki McNamara ‘21, and Wanda Quan ‘21.
- SEMIFINALISTS: Samantha Lydon ’21 and Lydia Saffian.
About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2021 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2021 competition by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®).
Semifinalists have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $30 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship® award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. Over 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and more than half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title.
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