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7 Carl Sandburg H.S. Students Named National Merit Semifinalists
These students are among 16,000 semifinalists nationwide, scoring their qualification by achieving one of the top SAT scores in the state.
ORLAND PARK, IL — Seven seniors at Orland Park's Carl Sandburg High School were named semifinalists for 2022 National Merit scholarships Wednesday.
The local students are among 16,000 semifinalists nationwide who qualified by achieving one of the state's highest scores on the 2020 Preliminary SAT, according to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
To make it to the finalist round in February, the students must submit an application with a recommendation from an official at their high school.
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About 7,500 scholarships worth nearly $30 million will be awarded to finalists before the end of July 2022, according to the scholarship corporation, an Evanston-based nonprofit founded in 1955 to run the program.
Those merit scholarships include about 4,000 sponsored by colleges and universities, 2,500 sponsored by the nonprofits own funds and about 1,000 provided by corporations and business organizations.
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The semifinalists for 2022 National Merit Scholarships from Sandburg High School are:
- Omar Abdel-Reheem
- Julia H. Crane
- Kaitlyn Kenney
- Thomas Locke
- Andrew W. Myers
- Armin R. Pazooki
- Isabella M. Tortorici
Students will find out in February whether they make it to the finalist stage. The scholarship winners will be announced beginning in April.
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