Sumner County Schools (SCS) is excited to announce the names of our National Merit Finalists. Less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors qualified for this prestigious honor, and they have an opportunity to continue in the competition for more than 6,900 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million.
SCS congratulates the following:
- Merrol Hyde Magnet School:
Sophia Zhang - Middle College High School:
Hardin Salchow
More than 1.3 million juniors in about 20,000 high schools entered the National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2024 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT, NMSQT), which serves as an initial screen of program entrants. Nationwide, 16,000 students were selected as semifinalists.
To become a finalist, these students and a high school official had to submit a detailed scholarship application, in which they provide information about the student’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received.
National Merit scholarships winners will be announced beginning in April and concluding in July.
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