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7 Hillsborough Students Are 2023 National Merit Semifinalists
The students were among the top 1 percent of highest scores on the PSAT and has a chance to earn a National Merit Scholarship.
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — Seven Hillsborough High School students have been named semi-finalists for the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program. (See the list below)
The semi-finalists were announced on Wednesday, Sept. 13 and include around 16,000 high-school seniors who 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, more than 90 percent of the semi-finalists will be named as finalists for the scholarship. Of those finalists, about half will win a scholarship.
More than 1.5 million students applied for the highly competitive scholarship and the semi-finalists represent less than 1 percent of all high-school seniors in the U.S. For each state, the number of semi-finalists is proportional to that state's percentage of the total graduating seniors in the country.
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HILLSBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
- Dong, Jennifer
- Liu, Grace
- Pierson, Avery
- Polamuri, Anvesh
- Rajesh, Adhithi
- Shen, Meredith
- Zhao, Reyna
To become a finalist, the program explains that students and a high-school official must submit a detailed application. The application must contain information about a student's academic record, leadership abilities, the honors and awards they've received and more.
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National Merit Scholarship winners of 2024 will be announced in four nationwide news releases beginning in April and concluding in July.
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