National Merit Scholarship Program
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Since 1955, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) has recognized students across the country for their academic achievement through the National Merit Scholarship Program (NMSP). NMSP is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships, and approximately 1.6 million high school students enter the program each year.
Students are entered into the competition by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which typically occurs in the fall of their junior year. The preliminary test serves as an initial screen of program entrants, and NMSC uses the PSAT/NMSQT Selection Index scores to determine the 50,000 high-scoring participants who qualify for program recognition.
National Merit Semifinalist
Of the 50,000, approximately 16,000 students are named Semifinalists. Those named a Semifinalist make up less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors and are the highest-scoring entrants in each state. These seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million that are offered the following spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist level of the competition. About 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and about half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title.
National Merit Commended
More than two-thirds of the 50,000 high scorers, approximately 34,000 students, are named Commended Students. While Commended Students do not continue in the competition, these students receive Letters of Commendation recognizing their academic promise. Some of these students may also be candidates for Special Scholarships provided by NMSC corporate and business sponsors.
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2021 National Merit Semifinalists
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Lewisville ISD is proud to announce and recognize the 61 high school seniors who have been named a National Merit Semifinalist in the 2021 competition.
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Isabel Baron | Flower Mound HS
Gautam Bhaskar | Flower Mound HS
Grace Cao | Flower Mound HS
Jingying Cao | Flower Mound HS
Abhinav Chadaga | Flower Mound HS
Jonathan Cluff | Flower Mound HS
Jared Dasher | Flower Mound HS
Sloan Davis | Flower Mound HS
Suchir Dhurjati | Flower Mound HS
Tarik Ehsan | Flower Mound HS
Hayley Epps | Flower Mound HS
Anna Ernst | Flower Mound HS
Mishika Govil | Flower Mound HS
Anya Gupta | Flower Mound HS
Jacob Holt | Flower Mound HS
Mark Horner | Flower Mound HS
Shashank Iswara | Flower Mound HS
Samarth Kamat | Flower Mound HS
Bhavyasri Kasu | Flower Mound HS
Mincheol Kim | Flower Mound HS
Anshika Kondala | Flower Mound HS
Ira Kondap | Flower Mound HS
Kriti Kumar | Flower Mound HS
Jeffrey Liu | Flower Mound HS
Arshad Manzar | Flower Mound HS
Ashna Mulastanam | Flower Mound HS
Aniket Pal | Flower Mound HS
Cullen Pipkin | Flower Mound HS
Santana Poonuru | Flower Mound HS
Raul Santos | Flower Mound HS
Sean Sepdham | Flower Mound HS
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Rupin Vaidya | Flower Mound HS
Julia Vasconcellos | Flower Mound HS
Shruti Vummadising | Flower Mound HS
Jeffrey Zhang | Flower Mound HS
Luc Chartier | Hebron HS
Delaney Dyer | Hebron HS
Gabriela Huerta | Hebron HS
Tyler Kerch | Hebron HS
Eric Kim | Hebron HS
Akshaya Kummetha | Hebron HS
Sammi Kwon | Hebron HS
Andrew Le Prell | Hebron HS
Susanna Park | Hebron HS
Nicholas Scheufler | Hebron HS
Aidan Turner | Hebron HS
Christian Flores | Lewisville HS
Ryan Moore | Lewisville HS
Ian Farrar | Marcus HS
Alec Farris | Marcus HS
Boris-Jerrell Fosso | Marcus HS
Alyena Gilani | Marcus HS
Kaleb Moberg | Marcus HS
Jaxson Myrick | Marcus HS
Donald Raymond | Marcus HS
Sridhar Pranav | Marcus HS
Catherine Vickers | Marcus HS
Luke Wacker | Marcus HS
Alexandra Warren | Marcus HS
Neha Yawalkar | Marcus HS
Quynh Nhu Tran | The Colony HS
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2021 National Merit Commended Students
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Lewisville ISD is proud to announce and recognize the 128 high school seniors who have been named a National Merit Commended Student in the 2021 competition.
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For inquiries about these recognitions, please contact LISD's Communications Department at communications@lisd.net.