Broward County Public Schools issued the following announcement on Sept. 24.
Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) is excited to announce the names of 41 Semifinalists to be considered for a National Merit Scholarship award in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have the opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $30 million that will be offered next spring.
To be considered for a National Merit Scholarship award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. About 95% of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalists standing, and approximately half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning a Merit Scholar title.
High school juniors entered the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2020 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, representing less than 1% of U.S. high school seniors includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state.
Three types of National Merit Scholarships will be offered in the spring and summer of 2022. Every Finalist will compete for one of 2,500 National Merit $2,500 Scholarships that will be awarded on a state representational basis. About 1,000 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards will be provided by approximately 220 corporations and business organizations for Finalists who meet their specific criteria. In addition, about 180 competitive public and private colleges and universities will finance 4,000 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards for Finalists who will attend the sponsor institution.
National Merit Scholarship winners for 2022 will be announced in four nationwide news releases beginning in April and concluding in July. These scholarship recipients will join more than 362,000 other distinguished young people who have earned the Merit Scholar title.
Congratulations to all the BCPS students named 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists:
College Academy at Broward College
Drew G. Meltzer
Cooper City High School
Dylan J. Bober
Eric B. Galluzzi
Cypress Bay High School
Francisco Alvarez Clemente
Grace H. Baek
Sean G. Behling
Amanda K. Budejen
Amanda L. Campos
Diego A. Carbonell
Andrei T. Chekmasov
Ian Gonzalez Hermosillo
Priya Khatri
Gabriel Romanini DeBarros
Vishal Suresh
Isaac Tang
Albert R. Wang
Jonah B. Wilentz
Julia B. Winton
Everglades High School
Ryan Demolina
Scott L. Kuang
Olivia Tang
Charles W. Flanagan High School
Jaleyna S. Lawes
Angelina M. Rodriguez
Fort Lauderdale High School
Benjamin F. Schnirman
Dina F. Stein
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Raegan M. Direnzo
Lexi B. Schwartzberg
Zachary P. Weissman
Mirza R. Zuhayr
Millennium Collegiate Academy
Isabella C. Yeung
Miramar High School
Abhishek Suresh
Piper High School
Kelsey J. Bacon
Plantation High School
Bradley J. Coleman
Hunter S. Rosiere
Pompano Beach High School
Parth Agarwal
Megan B. Lecomte
Sheridan Technical High School
Gavin Fleury
West Broward High School
Zachary I. Morris
Western High School
Max B. Leach
Vraj Patel
Arman H. Samsam
Original source can be found here.
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