QV Senior Qualifies as National Merit Semifinalist

A senior was recently recognized as a semifinalist in the 58th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. 

Senior Will Ferris scored in the top one percent of students completing the PSAT in October 2011, according to the district.

High school students enter the National Merit Scholarship program by taking the PSAT – the National Merit Scholarship qualifying test – during the fall of their junior year.  Of the 1.5 million entrants, the top one-third, or about 16,000 students, are notified that they have qualified as semifinalists. 

Will Ferris has the opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,300 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered next spring.  About 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to earn finalist distinction and more than half of all finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title.

National Merit finalists will be announced in February and National Merit Scholarship winners – Merit Scholars – will be announced beginning in April and concluding in July.

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Information provided by Quaker Valley School District.