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WRHS Student Named National Merit Semi-Finalist
By Andrew Reed for Idaho Ed News
Eighty-three Idaho high school seniors are among 16,000 students nationwide named as semi-finalists in the prestigious National Merit scholarship. The National Merit Scholarships are funded by the National Merit Scholarship Corp, U.S. corporations and colleges and universities. Luke Dean, a senior at Wood River High School, is among the eighty-three Idaho students.
These finalists will have an opportunity to compete for about 7,500 National Merit Scholarships, which total more than $31 million. It is expected that 90 percent of the total semi-finalists will attain “finalist” standing, and half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship and earn the “Merit Scholar” title.
To qualify for this award, students must take the Preliminary-SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). The highest-scoring students in each state are then selected as semi-finalists.
To become a finalist, the semifinalists’ schools then submit a detailed scholarship application, detailing a student’s academic record, participation in activities, demonstrated leadership ability, employment, and honors and awards he or she has received. The student must also be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn SAT scores that reflect his or her high score on the PSAT.
Congratulations to Luke Dean!