Five seniors at Vanguard College Preparatory School (VCPS) have been recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, including one National Merit Semifinalist and four National Merit Commended Students. In addition, four VCPS juniors and seniors have been honored by College Board National Recognition Programs.
National Merit Semifinalist at Vanguard is Sophia Serr.
Sophia scored in the top 1% of students across the nation who took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test and are among six students from Waco, 1,571 from the state of Texas and 16,000 across the U.S. who were named National Merit Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. These students now have the opportunity to advance to the Finalist level of the competition and compete for $30 million worth of Merit Scholarships.
National Merit Commended Students at Vanguard are DJ Broadway, McKenna Lowrey, Jackson Popejoy and Dahbin Shim.
These students scored among the top 5% of students across the nation who took the PSAT/NMSQT and are among 34,000 students across the U.S. who were recognized for exceptional academic promise.