Plainedge High School senior William Loughlin has been named a semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program for 2015.
Semifinalists represent the top one-third, or about 16,000 of approximately 50,000 high scorers who took the PSAT/NMSQT, which has a total of 1.5 million entrants, according to the National Merit Scholarship Program.
Loughlin had a near-perfect score on the PSAT and had a perfect score of 800 in the critical reading and math portions of his SAT.
In addition to this latest recognition, Loughlin has also been named an AP Scholar with Distinction and is president of the school’s Quiz Bowl team.
Semifinalists can compete to be named a finalist and continue in the process to receive corporate and college-sponsored scholarships, as well as the esteemed National Merit Scholarship. Those advancing to the finalist stage will be notified in February of their standing.
The Plainedge School District congratulates Loughlin on this impressive achievement and wishes him continued academic success in the future.
