Madison High School Students Are Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

MADISON, NJ—Three Madison High School students were selected as semifinalists for the National Merit Scholarship this month.

Madison's Sadie Hoberman, Henry Marinovich, and Adam Sher were all chosen from an applicant pool of 1.5 million at more than 21,000 high schools. They were selected based on their performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

The Madison students were some of the approximately 16,000 semifinalists nationwide. To become one of the 15,000 expected finalists, students must submit a detailed application, including academic records, extracurricular activities, leadership abilities, employment history, and honors or awards received, and a letter of recommendation.

The students will compete for the 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $30 million, scheduled to be awarded next spring.

Madison High School also had 17 seniors named to the Commended Students list by the National Merit Scholarship Program:

• Anne Bolt
• Daniel Boyer
• Tess Callaghan
• Jonathan Cho
• Thomas Dailey
• Sofia Danzo
• Ted Downing
• William Hagerstrom
• Patrick Hanley
• Madeline Huang
• Alex Johnson
• Ross Matos
• Aidan Niceberg
• Emily Ruina
• Michael Scheier
• Cecilia Smith
• Alexander Tauber