Exciting Update! Three BHS Students Named FINALISTS in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program
Just announced: March 8, 2022: All three of the BHS semifinalists have been selected as Finalists! Congratulations to Nicholas Fortino, Ryan Holden, and Avanthi Obadage! Each Finalist competes for one of 2,500 National Merit $2500 Scholarships. A Selection Committee of college admission officers and high school counselors assesses a substantial amount of information provided on student applications, including each student’s academic attainments, personal essay, leadership abilities, and other characteristics that distinguish Merit Scholar awardees.
Three Batavia High School students have been named finalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program:
o Nicholas Fortino
o Ryan Holden
o Avanthi Obadage
Officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $30 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship® award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. About 95 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and more than half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title.
NMSC, a not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance, was established in 1955 specifically to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 400 business organizations and higher education institutions that share NMSC’s goals of honoring the nation’s scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence.
