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Ocean County Students Named National Merit Semifinalists
Students from three Ocean County high schools are some of the 16,000 semifinalists vying for a National Merit Scholarship.
Four Ocean County students have been named semifinalists for a National Merit Scholarship.
Joseph Walsh from Southern Regional, Yuanning Cai and Samuel Koshy from Jackson and Isabella Perry from Lacey High School among 16,000 high school students nationwide who have earned semifinalist status. They include the highest scoring Preliminary SAT takers in each state. They qualified for the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the PSAT.
About 15,000 of the semifinalists are expected to advance to the finalist level to earn one of 2,500 National Merit Scholarships for $2,500 each.
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To become a finalist, a semifinalist must submit an application, write an essay, and have an outstanding academic record, among other requirements.
About 1,000 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarships will also be awarded.
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National Merit Scholarship recipients will be announced between April and July in 2016.
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