Twelve Berkeley Seniors Recognized as National Merit Semifinalists
In order to qualify as a Semifinalist, approximately 1.5 million juniors in 22,000 high schools entered the National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®). Semifinalists are the highest scorers in each of the 50 states and represent less than one percent of each state’s high school seniors.
These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for approximately 7,400 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $33 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. Approximately 90 percent of the Semifinalists are accepted to attain Finalist standing, and about half will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title.
Congratulations to the following students from Berkeley Preparatory School who have been recognized as Semifinalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Competition:
Carson Eckhard
Marie Harwell
Julia Hossain
Anjali Kapadia
Kevin Kim
Samantha Lee
Jennifer Luo
Mira Rajani
Rohan Singh
Jake Sokol
Samantha Tun
Theo Vasiloudes
Berkeley Preparatory School
Founded in 1960, Berkeley is an independent, Episcopal, college-preparatory day school located in Tampa, FL, for boys and girls in grades Pre-Kindergarten through 12. Approximately 1,400 students gather here from the greater Tampa Bay area to form ONE Berkeley.