Stamford Public Schools: The National Merit Scholarship® Program Selected 20 Stamford Public Schools Seniors As Commended Students

Press release from Stamford Public Schools:

September 27, 2021 - 5:06pm

Stamford Public Schools (SPS) announced that the 2022 National Merit Scholarship® Program named 20 Stamford seniors, representing all three high schools, as Commended students. The following Commended students are recognized for the exceptional academic promise demonstrated by their outstanding performance on the 2020 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PAST/NMSQT):   Academy of Information Technology & Engineering

Stamford High School

Westhill High School

Some 34,000, of the approximately 50,000 high scorers on the PSAT/NMSQT, receive Letters of Commendation in recognition of their outstanding academic promise. Commended Students are selected based on a nationally applied Selection Index score that may vary from year to year and is typically below the level required for participants to be named Semifinalists in their respective states.   Although Commended Students do not continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships, some of these students do become candidates for Special Scholarships sponsored by corporations and businesses. 

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