High Life A WEEKLY FORUM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS : As Test Scores Go, Theirs Are the Tops
The National Merit Scholarship Corp. recently named 12 Orange County high school seniors among the winners of its prestigious merit awards.
More than 1 million students nationwide were screened for the scholarship program when they took the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test during their junior year. The National Merit Scholarship Corp., which chooses more than 6,000 high school seniors for the awards each year, announced the first group of 1,250 winners last week.
The students--chosen on the basis of academic performance, test scores and extracurricular activities--were selected by corporations that sponsor the awards. The students are also required to submit autobiographies and recommendations from their high schools.
The Orange County winners named last week:
Billy J. Wang, Canyon High School, Anaheim; John C. White, Brea-Olinda High School, Brea; Loren A. Cheng, Sunny Hills High School, Fullerton; David S. Mauceli, Marina High School, Huntington Beach; John J. Gotthard, Irvine High School, Irvine; Jeannie W. Wang, Los Alamitos High School, Los Alamitos; Jenny A. Juang, Valencia High School, Placentia; and Brandi E. Henderson, Stephanie J. Hong, Navid Jahed, Jane J. Park and Winston W. Chang, all of University High School, Irvine.
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