Ballwin senior Rebecca Robinson is a semifinalist for the 2012 National Achievement Scholarship Program, which honors Black American youth with outstanding scholastic records.
Robinson, a senior at , was one of more than 160,000 students who entered the scholarship competition when she took last year's Preliminary SAT test, and one of about 16,000 to be named a semifinalist, the school district announced Wednesday.
The program is run under the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, and is expected to accept less than 2,000 students to the finals.
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In order to be in the select group of finalists, Robinson must be endorsed by a high school principal, write an essay, earn a qualified SAT score and demonstrate "a record of high academic performance," in addition to an application completed by the student and a high school official.
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