Hundreds of Bay Area high school seniors are among the approximately 16,000 semifinalists named Wednesday by the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program, which honors top academic ability and potential for college success. The semifinalists were chosen based on their scores in last fall’s Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, taken by about 1.6 million high school juniors. They represent less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors. About 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to be named finalists, based on scores, academic and extracurricular records, recommendations and essays. Finalists will be notified in February. The number of winners in each state...
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