Schools
SMHS Students Achieve National Merit Semifinalist Status
Twelve students from San Marino High School have advanced to become National Merit semifinalists and are now working to possibly achieve a finalist position and scholarships.
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced 16,000 finalists last month in the 57th annual National Merit Scholarship Program and 12 of those students are from .
The nationwide semifinalists, who comprise less than one percent of U.S. High School seniors, qualified after taking the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test that served as an initial screen of program entrants, according to a statement by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
The San Marino High School semifinalists are:
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David H. Chan
Nicholas W. Chan
Diana Chang
Austin L. Chien
Albert Z. Hu
William Y. Li
Jason A. Platt
William Sheng
William W. Su
Audrey Tran
Katherine X. Wang
Gabriella M. Wernicke
To apply to be a finalist, semifinalists must:
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- Have an outstanding academic record throughout high school
- Be endorsed and recommended by the high school principal
- Earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test
- Submit a detailed scholarship application with the student’s essay and information about their involvement and leadership in school and community activities
Finalists will be announced in February and about 15,000 of the 16,000 semifinalists are expected to advance to the finalist level.
National Merit Scholarship winners will be announced from April through July of 2012 and three types of scholarships will be offered based on various criteria.
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