Schools
8 Spring-Ford Students Named National Merit Scholarship Finalists
It's "by far" the largest number of Spring-Ford students ever named finalists, the district said.
ROYERSFORD, PA — Eight Spring-Ford Area School District students have been named National Merit Scholarship finalists, the district announced.
The winners were selected from a pool of semifinalists which already represented less than one percent of all U.S. high school seniors.
At Spring-Ford, the following students were named finalists for 2020: Aleena Ataher, Harish Bayana, Siddhant Chavan, Deepak Kejariwal, Ryan Pierce, Aryan Singh, Samuel Thomas, and Nicholas Tufillaro.
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"Earlier this year we announced that these ‘elite eight’ were semifinalists, and now they've moved on as a group of eight as Finalists," Spring-Ford Area High School Principal Patrick Nugent said in a statement. “This by far the largest number of Spring-Ford students who have advanced to Finalists.”
Around 90 percent of semifinalists attain standing as finalists.
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To become a finalist, the semifinalist must submit a detailed scholarship application including their academic record, participation in school and community activities, leadership abilities, employment, and any honors or awards.
All finalists will compete for 2,500 National Merit Scholarships.
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