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Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists
Eight NA students named National Merit semifinalists.
Officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation just announced the names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists, including eight from Newark Academy.
These talented seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth approximately $33 million that will be offered next spring.
Congratulations to the Newark Academy seniors named to the list of semifinalists:
Amy Chen
Lynna Huo
Kevin Jiang
Jason Li
Kevin Lin
Claudia Lu
Abraham Ratner
Parnika Sharma
Lynna Huo
Kevin Jiang
Jason Li
Kevin Lin
Claudia Lu
Abraham Ratner
Parnika Sharma
Students enter the National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) during their junior year, the initial screen of program entrants.
The nationwide pool of 2015 semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. National Merit Scholarship Corporation will begin announcing the 2015 winners in April.
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