8 Methacton Students Chosen As National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

EAGLEVILLE, PA — Several students from Methacton High School have been chosen as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, the first step in qualification for the prestigious scholarship.

If selected, the scholarship awards students $2,000 per year of college study.

Local students include:

• Hermus, Ashley
• Laconis, Vincent A.
• Mahajan, Rohit
• McAvoy, Nathaniel D.
• Patel, Bhavi S.
• Wang, Jeremy
• Yoon, Justin
• Zhu, Eric

A total of 16,000 students nationwide have been selected as semifinalists.

Next spring, the group will be narrowed based on their high school achievements and other factors. A rough total of 6,700 finalists will be named to win scholarships.

All students nationwide are automatically entered into consideration when they take the PSAT test.