Nearly 80 students who attend Naperville high schools were named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists.
They are among 16,000 students who will complete to be named merit scholar finalists, making them eligible to share in $28 million in college scholarships that will be awarded in spring 2023.
About 95% of the semifinalists will attain finalist standing, but only about half will win a National Merit Scholarship and earn the Merit Scholar title, the organization said.
Semifinalist standing is based on scores from the 2021 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test and those who achieve it represent less than 1% of U.S. high school seniors.
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