Kristofer Pieper named National Merit Scholar
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june
12, 2012
Schuylerville senior Kristofer Pieper has
been selected as a National Merit Scholar. He is in an elite
group, as less than one percent of high school seniors from
across the nation received this honor in 2012.
This is the first time in more than 12 years that Schuylerville
Central School District has had a National Merit Scholar.
Kristofer was chosen from among a talent pool of more than
15,000 outstanding finalists in the 2012 National Merit
Scholarship Program. A $2,500 scholarship is part of the honor;
Kristofer received an additional college-sponsored National
Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) scholarship from Tufts
University, where he will go in the fall to study international
relations.
NMSC scholarship winners in each state are judged to have the
strongest combination of accomplishments, skills and potential
for success in rigorous college studies. Finalists compete for
the awards. To select scholarship winners, a committee of
educators appraised a substantial amount of information
submitted by both the finalists and their high schools, such as
academic records (including difficulty level of subjects studied
and grades earned), recommendations from high school staff and
an essay written by the finalist.
This year’s competition for National Merit Scholarships began in
October 2012 when approximately 1.5 million juniors in 22,000
high schools took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship
Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which served as an initial screen of
entrants. Last fall, the highest-scoring participants in each
state were named semifinalists. Only these 16,000 semifinalists
had the opportunity to continue in the competition.
From the semifinalists, Kristofer was among the 15,000 students
who met the very high academic standards and other requirements
to advance to the finalist level of competition. By the
conclusion of the program, approximately 8,300 earned the “merit
scholar” title and received scholarships.
Congratulations are extended to Kristofer, who is also the
Schuylerville Class of 2012 valedictorian.
