New Hyde Park Memorial High School seniors Brice Chiu, Rachel Jacob and Clayton
Yu have been selected as semifinalists in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Students enter the competition by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Approximately 16,000 students qualify as semifinalists due to their high scores on the test. A semifinalist must fulfill several additional requirements and advance to the finalist level of the competition before being considered for a National Merit Scholarship.
