The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has named five Wheatley seniors as semifinalists in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program. Congratulations Karen Li, Madison Ramos, Trenton Wong, Alia Yamin and Sharon Zhong on earning this prestigious recognition!
As Semifinalists, these students scored in the top one percent of the more than 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools who entered the program by taking the PSAT last year.
The 16,000 national Semifinalists are now eligible to compete for Merit Scholarship awards worth more than $31 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements and advance to the Finalist level of competition. About 15,000 of the Semifinalists are expected to become Finalists, and approximately half of the Finalists will be selected as Merit Scholarship winners.
Submitted by the East Williston School District
