National Merit Scholars
National Merit Scholars |
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| Annually, over 1.4
million students take the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying
Test (PSAT/MNSQT) in October and are entered into the National Merit Program,
a nationwide competition for recognition and awards conducted by National
Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). Each April, the 50,000 highest scorers
are offered the College Plans Reporting Service through their schools. Some
16,000 of those high performers are designated Semifinalists on a state
representational basis. Only Semifinalists have an opportunity to continue
in the Merit Scholarship competition and advance to Finalist standing by
meeting a number of additional requirements. The other 34,000 high performers are named Commended Students on the basis of a national Selection Index score of 200, applicable to all program participants without regard to state-by-state distribution. Participants who scored at or above the commended level, but below their state or selection unit’s Semifinalist qualifying score, are Commended Students. These are truly scholastically talented students. |
| Commended Scholars | Semi-Finalists | Finalists | |
| 2012 | Peter Guzzo |
Christian Rogerson | Christian Rogerson |
| 2011 | Jennifer Brant Mary Kate Connelly |
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| 2010 | Sarah Banker Kevin Duignan |
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| 2009 | Andrew
Hayes Nianyi Hong Zimo Li |
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| 2008 | Dylan Anderson Genevieve Bentz Georgia Cary Michael Carmack William Hagen Peter Manning Louisa Mink |
Lauren Rafka | Lauren Rafka |
| 2007 | Margaret Banker | ||
| 2006 | Lauren Brant David Lopes |
Patrick Nixon Allen Pauly |
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| 2005 | Harrison
Macris Corey Prachniak Todd Tilton |
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| 2004 | Jennifer
Froling Brittany Gilles Patrick Knight Joseph St. Rock |
Stephanie Carmack | |
| 2003 | Phil Banker Lydia Fayal Katharine Grant Niels Lesniewski |
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| 2002 | Mark Brissette John Papp Kevin Scott Robert Urbani |
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| 2001 | Katherine Harris | Katherine Harris | |
| 2000 | Jeff Butler James Vigg Marisa Fegan |
Aidan Evenski | |
| 1999 | Sophia Macris Eric Grant |
National Achievement Scholars |
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In 1964, the National Achievement Scholarship program was initiated to recognize outstanding achievement among Black American high school students. Beginning with the publishing of test scores, the process for selecting winners of the National Achievement Scholarship works much the same way as the selection process for the National Merit Program. |
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| 2011 | Lawrence Wilson | Finalist | |
| 2008 | Ray Shaun Whitford | Finalist | |
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