TOLLAND, CT — This week, officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of more than 16,000 semifinalists in the 71st annual National Merit Scholarship Program and a student from Tolland High School has made the grade.
The academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 6,930 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million that will be offered next spring.
The semifinalists from THS is Anne Singer.
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.
NMSC, a not-for-profi t organization that operates without government assistance, was
established in 1955 specifi cally to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. cScholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by about 300 business organizations, higher education institutions, and individual donors that share NMSC’s goals of honoring the nation’s scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence.
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