Officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 63rd annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
Below are the Semifinalists from Northern Kentucky schools.
These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 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 about 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.
About 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2016 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. The number of Semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.
To become a Finalist, the Semifinalist and his or her high school must submit a detailed scholarship application, in which they provide information about the Semifinalist’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received. A Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn SAT® scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test.
From the approximately 16,000 Semifinalists, about 15,000 are expected to advance to the Finalist level, and in February they will be notified of this designation. All National Merit Scholarship winners will be selected from this group of Finalists. Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies, without regard to gender, race, ethnic origin, or religious preference.
ALEXANDRIA
BISHOP BROSSART H. S.
943 Klear, Eric M.
CAMPBELL COUNTY H. S.
678 Fischesser, Jaclyn A.
999 Mitchell, Joshua A.
450 Sebastian, Joel L.
999 Turner, Benjamin M.
COVINGTON
COVINGTON LATIN SCHOOL
999 Longbrake, Sean
HOLY CROSS DISTRICT H. S.
999 Schmidt, Wesley
EDGEWOOD
DIXIE HEIGHTS H. S.
455 Burns, Jackson W.
628 Webster, Madison A.
459 Wibberley, Logan A.
201 Zhou, Keziah
ERLANGER
ST. HENRY DISTRICT H. S.
450 Laudenslayer, Eleanor M.
605 Nicely, Jade N.
FORT MITCHELL
BEECHWOOD H. S.
628 Brar, Tanvi
950 Stacy, Tanner
FORT THOMAS
HIGHLANDS H. S.
185 Brady, Savannah E.
HEBRON
CONNER H. S.
450 Burgess, Victoria Q.
467 Rumminger, Lukas G.
INDEPENDENCE
SIMON KENTON H. S.
303 Griffey, Nicholas D.
870 Hurley, Taylor L.
PARK HILLS
COVINGTON CATHOLIC H. S.
628 Ballman, Alec J.
200 Collins, Michael A.
454 Couch, Paul I.
185 Foltz, Corey T.
454 MacKnight, Tyler D.
712 Schaefer, Michael J.
459 Scharstein, Jack M.
UNION
LARRY RYLE H. S.
999 Back, Jesse
451 Dolwick, Kyle V.
168 Grayson, Alexandra
629 Hadley, Christine
455 Yorke, Weston C.
To whom it may concern: what does the numbers in front of students name mean? Or does it mean anything?
Those numbers are their ID numbers for the National Merit system.