Westfield Student Named National Merit Semifinalist

Submitted by Newark Academy

Newark Academy senior and Westfield resident Jacob Furst has been chosen as a Semifinalist in the 61st annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

He is one of 16,000 talented students who have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,400 National Merit Scholarships worth approximately $32 million that will be offered next spring.

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 2016 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 2016 winners in April.