Thirteen Archmere Academy Seniors Receive National Merit Recognition

This year, thirteen Archmere Academy students received National Merit recognition because of their high scores on the PSAT's, taken in their junior year. 

 

Three seniors were announced as National Merit Semifinalists: Tullis Liu, William Liu, and Parker Vakili. These academically talented seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some $7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered next spring. Only 16,000 students (of approximately 1.6 million) achieve this honor and are invited to apply for the National Merit Scholarship each year. To be considered for a National Merit Scholarship, Semifinalists must advance to Finalist standing in the competition. Finalists will be announced in late February and Merit Scholarship Winners in March. A Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student's earlier performance on the qualifying test.

 

In addition, ten Archmere seniors were among the top 50,000 high scorers on the PSAT and will receive the recognition of being named National Merit Commended Students, in recognition of their outstanding academic promise. These students are: Isabella Abbrescia, Seth Bale, Abel Chen, James Giffin, Justin Lee, Emily Lugg, Lewis MacMillan, Madeline Singh, Audrey Yang, and Daniel Zhu.