Three high school seniors receive prestigious National Merit Scholarships

Contact: Laurie Hogan (336) 370-8307
Created: 5/5/2010 2:17:16 PM

Three Guilford County Schools (GCS) students are recipients of prestigious National Merit $2,500 Scholarships. The students are among about 2,500 high school seniors from around the country selected based on their accomplishments, skills and potential for success in rigorous college studies.

More than 1.5 million students entered the 2010 National Merit Scholarship competition by taking the 2008 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) as high school juniors. In September 2009, 16,000 of the highest scorers were named semifinalists and about 15,000 advanced to the finalist level. Scholarship winners were selected from this group of outstanding students.

The recipients of the $2,500 scholarships join students who have already been selected for corporate-sponsored National Merit awards. Additional students will be selected for college-sponsored scholarships during the summer. By the conclusion of the 2010 competition, about 8,400 finalists will be selected to receive National Merit Scholarships totaling more than $36 million.

• Robert R. King Northwest High

• Neil A. Shah Northwest High

• Bethany A. Boring Southeast High