278 O.C. students named National Merit semifinalists
September 15, 2010 Filed in:
School Rankings
Scott Martindale, The Orange County Register
Orange County is home to
278 high school students who this year have been named National
Merit semifinalists, an elite designation awarded to just 1 percent
of seniors nationwide who took the Preliminary SAT. About one out
of every seven semifinalists in California who achieved the
designation this year is from Orange County, according to data
released Wednesday by the Evanston, Ill.-based National Merit
Scholarship Corp. The O.C. group represents those who scored a
minimum of 219 out of 240 on their PSAT exam as juniors last
spring…