BTHS 2017 National Merit Semifinalists
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 2:51 PM 11 BTHS Students Named as Semifinalists in 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program!
Congratulations!
Miron Derugo
Varsha Garla
Anekha Goyal
Arjun Gupta
Siddharth Iyer
Caitlin Patterson
Tiffany Paul
Katherine Shiu
Kristen Soucheck
Orli Weiss
Harrison Whitman
ABOUT:
Officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) have announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 62nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth about $33 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. About 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and more than half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title.
NMSC, a not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance, was established in 1955 specifically to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 420 business organizations and higher education institutions that share NMSC’s goals of honoring the nation’s scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence.