EVANSTON, Illinois — Officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 65th annual National Merit Scholarship Program, including students from Caribou High School and the Maine School of Science and Mathematics in Limestone.
These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 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.
Over 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-profi t organization that operates without government assistance, was established in 1955 specifically to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
Local semifinalists include: Owen Martin, Caribou High School; and Christian B. Chagnon, Jasmine J. Deal, Annie I. Giroux, James C. Hawkes, Taesu, Joo, Haileigh M. Luce, Hailey R. Moynihan Stevens, Oleskii Nikanov and Jay R. Philbrick, MSSM.
Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 400 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.
