National Merit Finalists
Lake Park High School seniors Vassil Mladenov and William Tresch were selected as
National Merit Finalists in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Competition. To become
a Finalist, a Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be
endorsed and recommended by the high school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the
student's earlier performance on the qualifying test. The Semifinalist and a high school
official must submit a detailed scholarship application, which includes the student's
self-descriptive essay and information about the Semifinalists participation and leadership in
school and community activities.
National Merit Semifinalists
Lake Park High School seniors Vassil Mladenov and William Tresch have been selected as Semifinalists in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Competition. They were selected based on test scores of the 2011 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test and represent less than one percent of the U.S. High School seniors.
To become finalists, the students must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed by their school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm their earlier qualifying test performance. They must also submit a detailed scholarship application, which includes a self-descriptive essay and information about their participation and leadership in school and community activities. The approximately 16,000 semifinalists have the opportunity to continue in the competition for 8,300 Merit Scholarship awards, worth $32 million.
National Merit Commended Students
Nine Lake Park High School students have been named Commended Students in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program. The commended students are: Jordan DeClerk, Jakub Jezusek, James Armbrecht, Anusha Adkoli, and Jeremy Carter.
About 40,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2013 competition for Merit Scholarship Awards, Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million juniors who entered the 2013 competition by taking the 2011 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).