East Meadow Students Named National Merit Finalists

East Meadow High School student Ayyan Zubair and W.T. Clarke High School student Pavithran Ravindran have been recognized as finalists in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Finalists in the competition are eligible for the prestigious National Merit Scholarship, as well as college, corporate and state scholarships. Finalists were selected from a previous group of semifinalists in the competition.

Semifinalists represented the top one-third of 50,000 high scorers who took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Students are ranked with a selection index score based on their combined scores in math, critical reading and writing.

The district congratulates Ayyan and Pavithran as they move forward in the competition.

Submitted by East Meadow School District

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