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Einstein Student Named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist
Students from Montgomery County Public Schools represent more than 40 percent of Maryland's semifinalists.

Julia D. McMurry, a senior at , has been named a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist. McMurry enters the running for $2,500 National Merit scholarships.
Semifinalists are selected based on their 2011 PSAT scores. Here is a breakdown of the semifinalists from other MCPS high schools:
Bethesda-Chevy Chase: 6
Montgomery Blair: 37
Winston Churchill: 11
Damascus: 1
Northwest: 1
Poolesville: 7
Richard Montgomery: 26
Sherwood: 2
Walt Whitman: 25
Walter Johnson: 6
Thomas S. Wootton: 14
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