Broward Public Schools announce 41 semifinalists for National Merit Scholarship

Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) is excited to announce the names of 41 Semifinalists to be considered for a National Merit Scholarship award in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have the 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 National Merit Scholarship award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. About 95% of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalists standing, and approximately half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning a Merit Scholar title.

High school juniors entered the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2020 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, representing less than 1% of U.S. high school seniors includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state.

Three types of National Merit Scholarships will be offered in the spring and summer of 2022. Every Finalist will compete for one of 2,500 National Merit $2,500 Scholarships that will be awarded on a state representational basis. About 1,000 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards will be provided by approximately 220 corporations and business organizations for Finalists who meet their specific criteria. In addition, about 180 competitive public and private colleges and universities will finance 4,000 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards for Finalists who will attend the sponsor institution.

National Merit Scholarship winners for 2022 will be announced in four nationwide news releases beginning in April and concluding in July. These scholarship recipients will join more than 362,000 other distinguished young people who have earned the Merit Scholar title.

Congratulations to all the BCPS students named 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists:

College Academy at Broward College

Drew G. Meltzer

Cooper City High School

Dylan J. Bober

Eric B. Galluzzi

Cypress Bay High School

Francisco Alvarez Clemente

Grace H. Baek

Sean G. Behling

Amanda K. Budejen

Amanda L. Campos