Two Martin County High School seniors and one Jensen Beach High School senior have been named Semifinalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program. The National Merit Scholarship Program is a renowned academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955.
Over 1.3 million juniors in about 21,000 high schools entered the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2022 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®). The nationwide pool of Semifinalists represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors.
Approximately 16,000 students were selected as semifinalists in this year's competition.
more than 15,000 are expected to advance to the Finalist level, and in February 2024 they will be notified of this designation. All National Merit Scholarship winners will be selected from this group of Finalists.
Congratulations to the following seniors who were named Semifinalists:
- Braden Southwick, Martin County High School
- Nira Goyal, Martin County High School
- Dakota Short, Jensen Beach High School