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18 Council Rock Students Named National Merit Semifinalists
Eighteen Council Rock School District students have been named semifinalists in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
NEWTOWN, PA — Eighteen Council Rock School District students have been named semifinalists in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
The selected students are just a small portion of the roughly 16,000 nationwide that will compete for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million that will be offered next spring.
About 90 percent of semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, with about half of finalists likely to win the scholarship and earn the title of Merit Scholar.
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Students are judged based on their academic record, as well as participating in school and community activities and honors and awards received. The list of finalists will be released in April 2021, with winners announced in the beginning of July 2021.
Council Rock semifinalists include:
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- Andrew Belder
- Bailey Coghlan
- Alexander Diefes
- Michael Elia
- Richard Fang
- Kevin Lee
- Anish Mhatre
- Ava Ondik
- Arthur Pogosian
- Henry Polli
- Andrew Rosenfeld
- Shivam Singh
- Kate VanBilliard
- Raphael Vogeley
- Patrick Wang
- Lorena Ye
- Lambert Zhang
- Allison Zhu
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