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Marietta Students Named Merit Scholarship Semifinalists
Marietta students were named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program, which will award 8,300 scholarships worth more than $34 million.
Marietta students from and high schools were named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Hundreds more Cobb County high school seniors are among the approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the competition.
Roughly 90 percent of the semifinalists will advance to the finalist level in February.
About 1.5 million high school juniors entered the National Merit competition in 2010 by taking the preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. The semifinalists, who are the highest-scoring entrants in each state, represent less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors.
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Finalists will compete for 8,300 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $34 million. The scholarships, from the National Merit Scholarship Corp. as well as corporations, colleges and universities, will be awarded based on students' skills, accomplishments and potential for success in college studies. Scholarship winners will be announced beginning next spring.
Marietta students named semifinalists:
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Homeschool:
Coulter, Andrew
Carlton J. Kell High School:
de Noyelles, Shane R.
Salerno, Louis W.
Walker School:
Zuckerman, Joshua R.
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