Temple High School is pleased to announce four 2016 National Merit Semifinalists and Commended students.
Parth Gupta has been named a National Merit Semifinalist and will go on through the process for selection for National Merit Scholars.
Semifinalists are the highest scoring entrants from each 50 states and are from a pool of 1.5 million entrants taking the PSAT during their high school junior year.
16,000 students are selected as semifinalists and placed among the top one percent of the 1.5 million entrants.
These students will continue to compete for Merit Scholarship Awards.
The Semifinalists must complete other requirements to continue the process toward recognition as a National Merit Scholar.
The students will be notified of their Finalist status in mid February and Scholar status in April 2016.
Temple High School students recognized as 2016 National Merit Commended students are Nolan Fogleman, Kimani Johnson and Jonathan McCormack.
National Merit Commended students are selected based on the highest of scores on the PSAT during their junior year.
Semifinalist and National Merit Scholars are then selected from this commended group based on the highest scores.
Commended students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2016 competition by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT).
The Temple High School student recognized as a 2016 National Hispanic Recognition Scholar is Isabel Suarez-Cruz.
The College Board recognizes students identified as outstanding Hispanic Recognized Scholars based on PSAT/NMSQT scores and grade point averages.
Students’ names are sent to subscribing colleges and universities; these institutions actively recruit students and may offer financial support based on The College Board’s recognition.