The National Merit Scholarship Corporation recently named 16,000 semifinalists for the 66th National Merit Scholarship program. Sixteen of them are Dragons, and these seniors will have the chance to compete for 7,600 more scholarships worth more than $30 million in the spring.
Congratulations to these Dragons: Alexander Beres, Wyatt Chappel, Vivek Chari, Stephen Chuang, Carter Doby, William Grubbs, Luke Hallenbeck, David Lau, Preston Lock, Adam Lopez, Logan Schaunarnan, Joseph Sweeney, Darya Tadlaoui, Jessica Yang, Peter Zaluckyj and Isabella Zhou.
To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finals. Over 90% of semifinalists are expected to become finalists, and more than half of the finalists are expected to earn the title of Merit Scholar, according to MySouthlakeNews.com.
To learn more about the National Merit Scholarship program, visit NationalMerit.org.