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Show Johanna Nielson Wins Semifinalist Spot Principal Theron Johnson has announced that one student at Grand County High School has been named as a Semi-finalist Semi-finalist in the 1974 National Na-tional Merit Scholarship Program. The student is Johanna Nielson. They will compete com-pete forabout3,l()0 Merit Scholarships to be awarded in the spring. In the eighteen annual competitions completed to date, 34,450 students have won Merit Scholarships Scholar-ships valued at more than $95.5 million. According to Edward C. Smith, president of National Merit Scholarship Scholar-ship Corp. (NMSC), "The approximately 15,000 Semifinalists are representative repre-sentative of the nation's most academically talented tal-ented young people, and they bring honor not only to themselves, but also to their families, their teachers, and their communities." com-munities." "From this group will come many future leaders lead-ers in business, industry indus-try and the professions," he said. "The future success suc-cess of these young people peo-ple will, however, depend upon their ability to become be-come productive at the high intellectual levels that they are capable of attaining." The Semifinalists were the highest scorers in each state on the Preliminary Pre-liminary Scholastic Aptitude Ap-titude Test National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Qual-ifying Test (PSAT-NMSQT) (PSAT-NMSQT) administered last October to over one million students in about 17,000 schools nationwide. nation-wide. These students, who constitute about one-half one-half of one per cent of the graduating secondary school seniors in the United Uni-ted States, will complete high school and enter college col-lege in 1974. NMSC identifies the Semifinalists to all regionally re-gionally accredited U.S. colleges and universities. universi-ties. Many Semifinalists find this recognition useful use-ful in seeking financial aid from sources other than the Merit Program and in the process of gaining admission to col -- leee. - Semifinalists musti qualify as Finalists tol advance in the competi- tion for Merit Scholar- j ships. To become Final-f ists, the Semifinalists! must fulfill requirements that include receiving the 1 endorsement of their I schools, confirming their J high PSATNMSQTI scores on a second ex-J amination, and by pro-1 viding evidence of their academic and other ac- I complishments. Ninety J per cent or more of the I Semifinalists are expect- 1 ed to become Finalists, and each Finalist will i receive a Certificate ofl Merit in recognition of i distinguished perform- 1 - ance in the competition, i Every Finalist will be considered for one of the t 1,000 National Merit" $1000 Scholarships that i are allocated on a state Z basis, according to each state's percentage of the total U.S. high school graduating class. A selection se-lection committee made up of experience college admissions officers and I secondary school guidance guid-ance counselors judges ' all information about each Finalist in combi- ' nation his school aca- , demic record, accom- 1 plishments, leadership , qualities, extracurricular extracurricu-lar activities, as well as , test scores. The winners of these one-time awards of $100 that are financed by sponsors and NMSC will receive a single payment pay-ment next fall, after they I enroll as full-time college col-lege undergraduates. 1 Many of the Finalists will also be considered for renewable four-year Johanna Nielson Merit Scholarships supported sup-ported by some 450 corporations, cor-porations, foundations, professional associations, associa-tions, colleges, unions, trusts, and individuals. Winners of renewable Merit Scholarships receive re-ceive up to $1,500 per year which can amount to $6,000 over the four college years. NMSC will release the names of the MeritScho-larship MeritScho-larship winners in 1974 through the news media in three public announcements: announce-ments: winners of standard stan-dard four-year Merit Scholarships financed primarily by corporations corpora-tions and businesses will be announced on April 11; the winners of onetime one-time National Merit $1000 Scholarships will be named on April 25; and the announcement of college-sponsored four-year four-year Merit Scholarship winners will occur on May 2. |