{"id":15070,"date":"2023-02-16T10:07:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T16:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/?p=15070"},"modified":"2023-05-05T09:44:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T14:44:34","slug":"eight-seniors-named-national-merit-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/eight-seniors-named-national-merit-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Seniors Named National Merit Finalists","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congratulations to Isabelle Mervicker and Abigail Smith of Berkner; Elizabeth Craig, Bella Evans, Tanner Kopel, and Nicholas Mukherjee of Pearce; and Kimberly Donovan and Camryn Dyke of Richardson High School. These RISD seniors have been named National Merit Finalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are among the top 1% of academically talented high school seniors from across the country who are in the competition for some 7,250\u00a0National\u00a0Merit\u00a0Scholarships worth nearly $28 million that will be awarded in the spring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>High school students enter the program by taking the PSAT\/National&nbsp;Merit&nbsp;Scholarship Qualifying Test that serves as an initial screen of about 1.6 million entrants each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National&nbsp;Merit&nbsp;Finalists&nbsp;are selected based on their exceptional abilities, skills and accomplishments, and are highly recruited by selective colleges across the nation with some colleges and universities offering significant scholarships or even full-rides based on&nbsp;National&nbsp;Merit&nbsp;status. 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