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Three Members of Cooper Class of 2021 Named National Merit Semifinalists
THE WOODLANDS, TX – Three members of The John Cooper School Class of 2021 have been selected as Semifinalists in the 66th Annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
Adelaide Herman, Rebecca Juranek, and Rohan Vaidya will continue in the competition for approximately 7,600 National Merit Scholarships, worth approximately $30 million, that will be offered next spring.
These Cooper students are among 122 members of Cooper’s Class of 2021. They are among 16,000 Semifinalists named from academically talented high school seniors from around the country by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors.
About 1.5 million juniors from more than 21,000 high schools entered the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test that serves as an initial screen of program entrants. In order to become a Finalist, a Semifinalist and a high school official must submit a detailed scholarship application, in which they provide information about the Semifinalist’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received.
Semifinalists must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official and write an essay. Over 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to advance to the Finalist level, and about half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship®, earning the Merit Scholar® title.
The John Cooper School is a Pre-kindergarten – Grade 12 independent, college preparatory day school that has been serving The Woodlands and greater Houston area since 1988. For more information, visit www.johncooper.org.
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