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Fulton students
named National Merit,
National Achievement Semifinalists
Fifty-seven Fulton County students
have been named Semifinalists in the 49th annual National Merit Scholarship
Program. These scholastically-talented high school seniors now continue
in the competition for 8,000 2004 Merit Scholarship awards, worth $32
million, which will be announced in the spring.
The students were identified through exceptionally high scores on the
PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which they took as juniors
last school year.
As semifinalists, the students now must fulfill several requirements and
advance to Finalist standing, a prerequisite to being considered for a
Merit Scholarship award. They must have a record of high academic performance,
be endorsed and recommended by their school principal, and earn SAT scores
that confirm their earlier qualifying test performance.
A detailed scholarship application, which includes the student’s
self-descriptive essay and information about his or her participation
and leadership in school and community activities, also must be submitted.
Finalists will be announced in February, with the winners to be announced
in April.
National Achievement Scholarship Program
Eighteen Fulton County seniors also were named semifinalists in the 40th
annual 2004 National Achievement Scholarship Program, an academic competition
for African-American high school students.
Similar to the National Merit competition, semifinalists were identified
through high scores on the PSAT and must meet comparable academic requirements
as their National Merit peers to be named Finalists.
National Achievement finalists will be named in January, with 775 winners
to be announced in February. Approximately $2.7 million in scholarship
funds will be awarded.
The annual National Merit Scholarship and National Achievement Scholarship
competitions are conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
Scholarships awarded through the programs are underwritten by business
organizations and higher education institutions, as well as by the organization’s
own funds.
2004 National Merit and National Achievement Scholarship Semifinalists:
Chattahoochee High School
National Merit:
Caroline Boegel
Sarah Callicutt
Lee Chang
Michael Chu
Lisa Guo
Tara Jayant
Cameron Lewis
Ehsan Najafabadi
Derek Olejnik
Perry Solem
Jelle van de Vall
Jaeyoung Yang
National Achievement:
Alisha N. Locust
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