Park and Muriano: National Merit semi-finalists

Last October, over 22,000 high school students were entered in to the National Merit Scholarship contest by completing the Preliminary SAT Qualifying exam. The highest scoring students, the top 1 percent of test-takers in each state, would go on to earn a semi-finalist distinction.

Seniors Seimi Park and Jack Muriano were two of six students in Virginia Beach who did earn the distinction of National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists and were awarded the opportunity to compete for over $32 million worth of college scholarships.

According to Park, becoming a National Merit Scholar is a goal high on her list and one she is currently working hard to achieve.