C-FB ISD National Merit Semifinalists Announced

Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD is proud to announce the eight semifinalists in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship program.

Newman Smith	Ranchview	R. L. Turner
Diana Pop	Shifa Mirza	Angelica Webb
Tanya Rajan	Saadman Reza
Rebecca Reeves	Ted Tak
Michael Schrag

Dr. Bobby Burns, Superintendent of Schools, said, "I am proud of these students and their accomplishments.  They have achieved this honor through hard work and excellence in the classroom.”

The students are among 16,000 high school seniors who will continue in the National Merit Scholarship Corporation's competition for 8,300 merit scholarship awards worth $34 million that will be offered in the spring, according to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation press release.

Students are selected based on performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. National Merit Scholarship Corporation reports that the pool of semifinalists represents less than one percent of the top high school seniors in the nation.

Approximately 15,000 semifinalists become finalists.  From the group of finalists, Merit Scholarship winners are determined according to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.  “Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments and potential for success in rigorous college studies,” according to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation press release.

More information about the National Merit Scholarship Program is available on the National Merit Scholarship Corporation website.