Congratulations to the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists from PWCS high schools. Following are this year's semifinalists:
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:
The
National
Merit
Scholarship
Corporation
(NMSC®)
announced
the
names
of
approximately
16,000
Semifinalists
in
the
67th
annual
National
Merit
Scholarship
Program.
The
nationwide
pool
of
Semifinalists,
representing
less
than
one
percent
of
U.S.
high
school
seniors,
includes
the
highest-scoring
entrants
in
each
state.
Students
entered
the
2022
National
Merit
Scholarship
Program
by
taking
the
2020
Preliminary
SAT/National
Merit
Scholarship
Qualifying
Test
(PSAT/NMSQT®),
which
served
as
an
initial
screen
of
program
entrants.
Finalists
will
compete
for
one
of
2,500
National
Merit®
$2500
Scholarships
that
will
be
awarded
on
a
state-representational
basis.
About
1,000
corporate-sponsored
Merit
Scholarship
awards
will
be
provided
by
approximately
220
corporations
and
business
organizations
for
Finalists
who
meet
their
specified
criteria,
such
as
children
of
the
grantor's
employees
or
residents
of
communities
where
sponsor
plants
or
offices
are
located.
In
addition,
about
180
colleges
and
universities
are
expected
to
finance
some
4,000
college-sponsored
Merit
Scholarship
awards
for
Finalists
who
will
attend
the
sponsor
institution.
For
more
information
on
NMSC
or
the
National
Merit
Scholarship
Program,
please
visit
their
website.