3 Lauralton Hall Students Honored By National Merit Scholarship

MILFORD, CT — A trio of Lauralton Hall students were honored by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Malulani Mountcastle was named as a semifinalist for the scholarship program and will have the opportunity to compete for a college scholarship. Semifinalists represent less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors and are among the highest scorers on the Preliminary SAT.

About 95 percent of semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing and about half of finalists go on to win a scholarship, according to NMSC. There are about 7,250 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million that will be offered next spring.

Margo Katz and Alexandra Miller were named commended students in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program. About 34,000 students were commended by the organization this year. They don't continue in the competition for scholarship awards, but are among the top 50,000 students who entered the competition by taking the 2021 Preliminary SAT.

Finalists can compete for one of 2,500 National Merit $2,5000 scholarships. There are also 950 corporate-sponsored scholarship awards and 160 college-sponsored awards.