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All Hockaday National Merit Semifinalists Named Finalists for 2016
All 11 Hockaday seniors who had been named semifinalists in the 61st annual National Merit Scholarship Program have been chosen as finalists.
The finalists include Mahima Agrawal, Rajya Atluri, Frances Burton, Cristina Chavez, Lori Jia, Suzette Kane, Alexandra McGeoch, Caroline McGeoch, Whitney Middlekauff, Heather Xiao, and Vivian Zhou. These seniors were selected from more than 1.5 million juniors in nearly 22,000 high schools by taking the 2014 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. The program is a national academic competition for recognition and scholarship that began in 1955. Nationwide, the students were among more than 16,000 semifinalists and went on to compete for approximately 7,400 National Merit Scholarship awards, worth approximately $32 million.
“We are incredibly proud of our seniors who have been named National Merit Finalists this year," said Eugene McDermott Headmistress Liza Lee. “These girls have taken every advantage offered by the educational opportunities at Hockaday and are true leaders for their commitment to academic excellence.”
The Hockaday School, the largest independent girls’ school in the country, is a college preparatory day and boarding school for girls. From Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 12, Hockaday prepares bright and engaging girls to define their place in the world. Ranked among the country’s finest college preparatory schools, Hockaday was founded in 1913 - more than a century ago - and continues today to build on its original Four Cornerstones: Courtesy, Character, Scholarship, and Athletics. Learn more about Hockaday at www.hockaday.org.
Note to Editors: Using numbers of Semifinalists to compare high schools, educational systems, or states will result in erroneous conclusions. The National Merit® Scholarship Program honors individual students who show exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies. The program does not measure the quality or effectiveness of education within a school, system, or state. For more information about the competition, please visit NMSC s website at www.nationalmerit.org.
The Hockaday School
Within the private school community, The Hockaday School is an independent college-preparatory day school for girls from grades PK–12 located in Dallas, Texas. Students realize their limitless potential through challenging academic curricula, arts, athletics, and extracurricular programs so that they are inspired to lead lives of purpose and impact.
The Hockaday School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law in the administration of its educational, admissions, financial aid, athletic, and other policies and programs.
The Hockaday School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law in the administration of its educational, admissions, financial aid, athletic, and other policies and programs.