Oklahoma National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists Announced

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in its National Merit Scholarship Program Wednesday.

Sixty-six of those named attend public or private schools or are home schooled in eastern Oklahoma. [Semifinalists from Oklahoma]

These academically talented high school seniors now will compete for almost 8,000 National Merit Scholarships worth about $35 million that will be offered next spring.