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Paramus Student Named National Merit Semifinalist
The nationwide pool of semifinalists represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors.
PARAMUS, N.J. — A borough student has been named a semifinalist in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Aaron C. Lemmer, a student at Frisch School, is the lone Paramus student to receive the honor this year.
All semifinalists are eligible to receive 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth $33 million.
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About 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2015 PSAT.
The nationwide pool of semifinalists represents less than 1 percent of high school seniors.
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Three types of Merit Scholarship awards will be offered next year: National Merit $2,500 scholarships, corporate-sponsored scholarships, and college-sponsored scholarships. Merit Scholarship winners will be announced in spring 2017.
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