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National Merit Scholarship Corporation Recognizes 27 North Allegheny Students
National Merit Scholarship semifinalists account for one-third of the exam's 50,000 high-scorers.
The following information is provided by the North Allegheny School District.
The National Merit® Scholarship Corporation recently recognized 27 North Allegheny High School students as semifinalists in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Competition.
Congratulations to the following students:
Sonya Besager
Katerina Borisov
Nathan Christie
Joseph Eisner
Suyash Fulay
Benjamin Gibbs
Linda Huang
Hae-Min Jung
William Karnavas
Kenneth Kasper
William Kwon
Erik Liu
Sophia Makal
Richard McCoy
Ria Mulherkar
Joseph Murphy
Connor Phillips
Anjali Premkumar
Katelin Serody
Henry Taborski
Anjie Wang
Carol Wang
Lily Zhang
Bozhang Zhao
Kaifei Zheng
Katherine Zhou
Kevin Zhu
Before they can be considered for Merit Scholarship awards, Semifinalists must advance to the Finalist level of the competition by fulfilling additional requirements that include having an outstanding academic record, being endorsed and recommended by the high school principal, and submitting SAT scores that confirm their earlier PSAT/NMSQT performance.
Other information evaluated includes the student’s educational interest and goals, as well as participation and leadership in school and community activities.
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation will announce the 2013 Merit Scholarship recipients next spring.
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