Sandy Springs Senior Named National Merit Semifinalists

Atlanta GA

01 October, 2020

11:39 AM

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SANDY SPRINGS, GA — One high school student from Sandy Springs has been named a semifinalist for a 2021 National Merit Scholarship. William H. Hopkins, from North Springs Charter High School, is among about 16,000 high-school seniors nationwide who will go on to compete for National Merit scholarships worth more than $30 million to be offered next spring. More than 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to become finalists, and more than half of those will win National Merit scholarships. High-school juniors in about 21,000 high schools entered the program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) in 2019.