NMSQT Semifinalist from Sonoran Science Academy

 

SSA proudly announces that Brett Rowley from Sonoran Science Academy qualified as semifinalist in the 53rd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. A total of 16,000 academically talented students nationwide qualify for this status. These students will have an opportunity to compete for 8,200 Merit Scholarship awards, worth a total of $35 million.

 

These qualifiers come from the over 1.5 million juniors in high school who took the 2007 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). The total pool of semifinalists represents less than one percent of high school seniors.

 

Last October approximately 24 SSA juniors took the Preliminary SAT/ National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT), and Brett recently found out he has earned Semifinalist status and will continue in the competition for the $32 million in Merit Scholarships to be offered in 2004.

 

To become a finalist, these semifinalists and a school official will submit a detailed scholarship application. That application includes a self-descriptive essay and information about the semifinalist's participation and leadership in school and community activities. The school principal must recommend the student. The student must have an outstanding academic record and earn SAT scores that confirm the earlier PSAT/NMSQT performance. 

 

Sonoran Science Academy is a college preparatory charter school with 160 high school students.  The mission of Sonoran Science Academy (SSA) is college preparation for students to achieve success in the high-tech community of the new millennium through a science and mathematics instructional program that includes high educational standards, a liberal arts foundation and well-rounded academic excellence.