Students recognized for accomplishments in the 2007 National Merit Scholarship Program

Six Clayton A. Bouton High School seniors were recently named recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program.

Andrew N. Dubay and Steven Wang were named semifinalists, while Gregory R. Carson, Richard J. Curreri, Joseph J. Klembczyk and Sarah E. LaFave were named commended students. (Full story, here.)

Dubay and Wang now have the opportunity to continue in the competition with a chance to win one of the approximately 8,200 Merit Scholarship awards, worth a total of $33 million. The awards will be offered next spring.

To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, semifinalists must advance to the finalist level of competition by fulfilling several requirements. According to the program, roughly 90 percent of semifinalists typically attain finalist standing and about half of those are selected as Merit Scholarship winners.

Carson, Curreri, Klembczyk and LaFave were four of 34,000 students in the nation who were recognized for their academic promise. These students placed among the top five percent of all students who took the 2005 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

About 1.4 million students took the exam, which allowed them to take part in the 2007 National Merit Scholarship Competition.

The National Merit Scholarship Competition, a not-for-profit organization, was established in 1955 in order to conduct the annual National Merit Program. Both competition funds and money from approximately 500 business organizations and higher education institutions underwrite the scholarships that are awarded through the program.
 

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