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15 ETHS Students Named National Merit Semifinalists
More than a dozen Wildkits were among just 16,000 juniors selected nationally on Wednesday.

EVANSTON, IL - Fifteen Evanston Township High School students were named National Merit semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation on Wednesday.
Nationally, the organization announced approximately 16,000 semifinalists, all of which will have an opportunity to become finalists and then compete for about 7,500 National Merit scholarships worth a total of about $33 million next spring.
About 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2015 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. The ones selected here represent less than 1 percent of high school juniors nationally.
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Students selected from ETHS were:
Elizabeth C. Apley
Samuel R. Bergman
Joseph L. Chafetz
Paul S. Clarke
Holly M. Cunningham
Elizabeth S. Finkel
Even E. Franchere
Nadia A. Goldberg
Isabella P. Green
Gabriel H. Hull
Alec I. Jacobson
Hayley M. Latko
Allison Neggers
Abigail J. Stein
Keziah Yarnoff
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In order for the semi-finalists to become National Merit finalists, they must submit a detailed application with information on school achievements, grades, involvement with school clubs and activities and test scores.
About 15,000 of the 16,000 are expected to become finalists. The ones selected will be notified in February.
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