Four MISD Students Named National Merit Scholarship Finalists
A
ll four Mansfield ISD students who were selected as
National Merit Semifinalists have made it to the next
round.
The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic
competition for recognition and scholarships. High
school students are selected into the program based on
their top scores on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit
Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
Eric Li, Mark Sterling and Austin Whitt from Mansfield
High School, along with Daniel Erickson from Summit
High School are four of approximately 15,000 finalists.
The program begins with 1.6 million entrants with the
highest PSAT/NMSQT scores. The list then whittles
down throughout the school year to name Commended
Students, Semifinalists and Finalists. The finalists
continue in the competition with the opportunity to earn
thousands of dollars in scholarships that will be offered in
the spring.
Erickson, Li, Sterling and Whitt are in the less than 1 percent
of seniors in the nation to be recognized.
The National Merit Scholarship Program was founded
in 1955 to identify and honor scholastically talented
American youth. Winners are chosen based on their
skills, accomplishments and potential for success in
rigorous college studies.
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