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Sixteen Hockaday Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists
The Hockaday School proudly recognizes 16 students who will advance as semifinalists in the 63rd annual National Merit Scholarship Program, a national academic competition for recognition and scholarship that began in 1955.
Hockaday semifinalists include Emily Baschab, Kaleigh Beacham, Ritika Dendi, Kate Fundis, Effie Guo, Elizabeth Guo, Aurelia Han, Christine Ji, Lin Lin Lee, Maye McPhail, Mira Mehta, Eleanor Newman, Mary Orsak, Zasca Ristianto, Jennifer Wang, and Kelly Westkaemper. Read More
These girls were chosen from approximately 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools by taking the 2016 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. This year, more than 16,000 semifinalists have been named in the United States, and these individuals now have the opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarship awards, worth approximately $32 million.
To be considered for the finalist designation, students must have an outstanding academic record throughout upper school, be endorsed and recommended by an upper school official, write an essay, and earn SAT® scores that confirm their prior performance on the qualifying test. The 2018 National Merit Scholarship recipients will be announced beginning in April, and these scholarship recipients will join more than 330,000 other distinguished individuals who have earned the Merit Scholar title.
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.