Manvel High School Student Named Semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program

Congratulations to Anh Kien Nguyen, who has been named a semifinalist in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. A senior at Manvel High School, Nguyen was among he 1.5 million high school juniors who entered the program by taking the PSAT/NMSQT Qualifying Test. Only 16,000, or less than 1 percent were named semifinalists based on their scores.

Semifinalists are now able to seek finalist standing, one step closer to 7,600 scholarships worth about $32 million that will be offered in the spring.

Additionally, eight Alvin ISD students were named as "commended students", a distinction bestowed on 34,000 of those who entered the program. Talal Gbamgbola, also from Manvel High School, received the Commended distinction.
 

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.

Source: Alvin ISD