Seven Students Recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program
Seven students from Sewickley Academy have been named semifinalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program (NMSP).
On Wednesday, September 14, 2016, officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 62nd annual program. They are the highest scoring entrants in each state. The Academy’s semifinalists are Tessa Juliano, Alexandra Oh, Priya Rajawat, Neil Rana, Ain Shajihan, Natalie Wei, and Jacob Winningham.
These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for approximately 7,500 National Merit Scholarships, worth approximately $33 million that will be awarded in the spring. Students who will advance to the finalist level will be notified in February.
Approximately 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2017 NMSP by taking the 2015 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as the initial screening of the program entrants.
