HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ENTERED INTO SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Elise Kalinovich, Greg Chen, Jaxon Vallely, Stephen Young, Kevin Li, Wesley Michaels, Victoria Hung and Samuel Present

On April 27, New Hope-Solebury High School principal, Stephen Young, announced that seven of their juniors have met the requirements to enter the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program. With a Selection Index score of 202 or above on the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), these students are each among the 50,000 highest-scoring participants of some 1.5 million program entrants. Because these high performers have shown outstanding academic potential, they are now invited to be referred to two colleges or universities in the United States in which they are especially interested.

16,000 of the students who meet the program requirements will be named National Merit Program Semifinalists in September. These students will represent the top scorers in each state. Approximately 34,000 other high scorers will be commended for their performance on the PSAT/NMSQT.