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Five Chatham Students Named National Merit Scholarship Finalists
Finalists are eligible to earn scholarship money through the National Merit Scholarship Program.
CHATHAM, NJ — The National Merit Scholarship Program (NMSP) named five Chatham High School seniors National Merit Scholarship Finalists.
“Congratulations to our students who are recognized as National Merit Scholarship Program Finalists. This is a wonderful achievement, as our recipients were selected from nearly 1.6 million entrants from around the country,” Principal Darren Groh said.
The 2020 NMSP Finalists are as follows:
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- Margot Hearne
- Erica Iizuka
- Ahmer Khan
- Aditya Roy
- Ivan Rozhkov
Students are selected for this honor based on their performance on the PSAT exam. Each high school student’s selective index is the sum of his or her writing, critical reading, and mathematics scores on this exam. These students’ selective indices placed them within the top 1 percent of students taking the exam nationally.
Each state has its own qualifying score, and New Jersey has one of the highest selective indices in the country. This accomplishment is commendable for any student, but it is particularly impressive here in New Jersey, given the higher qualifying score that students must obtain.
To become Finalists, these students completed an application process that included their high school transcripts, essays, and letters of recommendation from their school counselors.
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The semi-finalists were announced on Wednesday and include approximately 16,000 high-school seniors that will go on to compete for the scholarships that will be offered next spring. According to a press release from the National Merit Scholarship Program, over 90 percent of the semi-finalists will be named as finalists for the scholarship. Of those finalists, about half will win a scholarship.
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