Congratulations to Benjamin Wiese for being named as a 2024 National Merit Scholar Semifinalist. Ben was named along with more than 16,000 Semifinalists in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,140 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship® award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. About 95 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and approximately half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title.
Over 1.3 million juniors in about 21,000 high schools entered the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2022 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. The number of Semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors. Congratulations, Ben!
Also, Congratulations to our 2024 National Merit Scholar commended students:Â
Aidan J Arakkal
Ryan Baig
Madison P Carreiro
Elijah F Daly
Kayla R Digiacomo
Aidan J Doyle
Tyler J Finck
Chase R Gravereaux
Jeremy P Lam
Ogonna B Nnodimele
Thomas J Seislove
Sarvesh K Senguttuvan
Henry G Stewart
Angela Tran
Hugh R Wilks
