AROUND CAMPUS
Class of 2021 Scholars Thirteen FWCD seniors were recognized for their scholarship, including seven National Merit Semifinalists, two National Merit Commended Students, and five National Hispanic Scholars. National Merit Semifinalists (pictured above) are Jack Ethridge, Mary Johnson, Oliver Cristobal, Janie Bradford, Paul Alexander, Henry Lynn and Andrew Nober. They were among 16,000 students across the U.S. and 1,441 from Texas who were named Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. These students have the opportunity to advance to the Finalist level and compete for $30 million worth of Merit Scholarships. This year, less than 1% of the 1.5 million students who entered the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) were named National Merit Semifinalists. National Merit Commended Students (pictured top right) are Kelly Pham and Ella Li. They were among 34,000 students across the U.S. who were recognized for exceptional academic promise and placed among the top 50,000 scores of the 1.5 million students who entered the 2021 competition. National Hispanic Scholars (pictured right) are Paloma Casanova, Oliver Cristobal, Isabel Garza, Ileana Rodriguez and Humberto Zamorano Beyart. Named by the College Board National Recognition Programs, they were among 6
THE FALCONER
5,000 students across the U.S. who scored in the top 2.5 percent of PSAT/NMSQT test-takers nationwide and identify as Hispanic or Latinx.
