Kenneth Wong and Caleb Allison
More than 1.5 millionbrstudents took the PSAT/NMSQT qualifying test, and only 15,000 students emergedbras Finalists. Two of those students happen to reside locally: Caleb Allison andbrKenneth Wong are Liberty Christian National Merit Semifinalists who advanced asbrFinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program, an academic competitionbrfor recognition and scholarships that began in 1955.
The selection of somebr7,400 Merit Scholarship winners from the group of Finalists is now in progress.brIn March, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) will begin mailingbrscholarship offers to winners and their school principals. Four major newsbrannouncements of Merit Scholar designees will be made by NMSC in April, May,brJune and July.