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National Merit semifinalists named at New Hyde Park Memorial High School

New Hyde Park Memorial High School seniors, center from left, Rachel Jacob, Clayton Yu and Brice Chiu with Principal Rosemary DeGennaro, right, and school counselors. (Photo courtesy of the Sewanhaka Central High School District)

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.

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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.

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