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Darlington’s Greene named National Merit semifinalist
Sep 12, 2012 12:00 AM
By Tannika King - Faculty
Senior Grace Greene is among the 16,000 students nationwide to be named semifinalists in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program. Thus, these students have the opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,300 scholarship awards, worth more than $32 million, that will be offered this spring.
“Grace is an outstanding member of the Darlington Community, and we are extremely proud of her accomplishments,” said Sam Moss (’63), Darlington’s dean of college guidance. “It is quite an honor to earn semifinalist status in the National Merit Program, and we wish Grace the best of luck as she competes for a scholarship award this spring.”
Greene, who is ranked No. 5 in her class of 127 students, has taken 10 Honors and seven AP courses at Darlington. She was named Student of the Year as a sophomore at Eagle’s Landing High School in her hometown of McDonough, Ga., and has received Darlington’s Sewanee Club Award and E.L. Wright Award for AP Biology (awarded to the student with the highest average). She is the daughter of Robin and Gerald Greene of McDonough, Ga.
About 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and approximately half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the title of Merit Scholar. To become a finalist, a semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout the high school years, be endorsed and recommended by the school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier qualifying test performance. The student must also submit a self-descriptive essay and information about participation and leadership in school and community activities.
“Grace is an outstanding member of the Darlington Community, and we are extremely proud of her accomplishments,” said Sam Moss (’63), Darlington’s dean of college guidance. “It is quite an honor to earn semifinalist status in the National Merit Program, and we wish Grace the best of luck as she competes for a scholarship award this spring.”
Greene, who is ranked No. 5 in her class of 127 students, has taken 10 Honors and seven AP courses at Darlington. She was named Student of the Year as a sophomore at Eagle’s Landing High School in her hometown of McDonough, Ga., and has received Darlington’s Sewanee Club Award and E.L. Wright Award for AP Biology (awarded to the student with the highest average). She is the daughter of Robin and Gerald Greene of McDonough, Ga.
About 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and approximately half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the title of Merit Scholar. To become a finalist, a semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout the high school years, be endorsed and recommended by the school principal, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier qualifying test performance. The student must also submit a self-descriptive essay and information about participation and leadership in school and community activities.
