7 Students From Farmington Are National Merit Scholar Semifinalists
FARMINGTON, CT — A national scholarship program recently announced its slate of semifinalists for one of the more prestigious scholarship programs, including seven from schools located in Farmington.
Officials of National Merit Scholarship Corp. announced Sept. 10 the names of more than 16,000 semifinals in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
Included were seven students from schools in Farmington. They are:
• Farmington High School: Dylan Dai, Jimmy Dong, Caleb J. Evans, Parker C. Hodgman, Rithvik Satyavarapu, and Lehit Chowdary Thalapaneni.
• Miss Porter's School: Wei Li.
These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 6,870 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million that will be offered next spring.
To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, semifinalists must fulfi ll 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.
Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 280 business organizations, higher education institutions, and individual donors.
