Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton

Tulsa World Reporter

More than 80 area high school students were announced Wednesday as National Merit semifinalists.

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation selected more than 16,000 semifinalists across the United States in the 71st annual National Merit Scholarship program. Students entered the program as juniors when they took the Preliminary SAT, which serves as an initial screening tool.

As semifinalists, the students are in the running for about 7,000 National Merit scholarships that will be awarded next spring.

The number of semifinalists in a state is proportional to its percentage of the national total of graduating seniors. Nationwide, the number of semifinalists is less than 1% of all high school seniors.

Semifinalists must fulfill several require

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