Congratulations to the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists from PWCS high schools. Following are this year's semifinalists:
- William R. Hart, Charles J. Colgan, Sr. High School
- Abigail J. Lacuesta, Patriot High School
- Zayvinn Lin, Charles J. Colgan, Sr. High School
- Ashish Pothireddy, Osbourn Park High School
- Lori A. Shoemaker, Osbourn Park High School
- Rebecca B. Wisnewski, Patriot High School.
In
addition
to
these
students,
the
following
Prince
William
County
students,
who
now
attend
the
Thomas
Jefferson
High
School
for
Science
and
Technology
also
qualified:
- Nedah Z. Ahmad, previous student at Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle School
- Joel Eldo, previous student at Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle School
- Sophia J. Evanisko, previous student at Bull Run Middle School
- Catherine Granum, previous student at Benton Middle School
- Ethan T. Nguyen, previous student at Reagan Wilson Reagan Middle School
- Avik Rao, previous student at Bull Run Middle School
Students
entered
the
2021
National
Merit
Scholarship
Program
by
taking
the
2020
Preliminary
SAT/National
Merit
Scholarship
Qualifying
Test
(PSAT/NMSQTÒ),
which
serves
as
an
initial
screening.
Each
semifinalist
represents
less
than
one
percent
of
high
school
seniors
in
the
U.S.
Semifinalists
are
among
the
highest-scoring
entrants
in
each
state.
The
National
Merit
Scholarship
Corporation
(NMSC)
announced
16,000
semifinalists
in
the
66th
annual
National
Merit
Scholarship
Program.
NMSC
is
a
non-profit
organization,
that
was
established
in
1955
to
organize
and
execute
the
annual
National
Merit
Scholarship
Program.
NMSC
offers
three
types
of
National
Merit
Scholarships.
Finalists
will
compete
for
one
of
2,500
National
Merit
$2,500
scholarships
that
will
be
awarded
on
state-representational
basis.
An
estimated
1,000
corporate-sponsored
merit
scholarship
awards
will
be
provided
by
220
corporations
and
businesses
to
finalists
who
meet
their
specified
criteria,
and
another
4,100
college-sponsored
merit
scholarship
awards
will
be
granted
by
approximately
180
colleges
and
universities
to
finalists
who
will
attend
the
sponsor
institution.
For
more
information
on
the
NMSC
and
the
National
Merit
Scholarship
Program,
please
visit
their
website.