Bonnie Bounds is named semifinalist in merit program

BONNIE BOUNDS

Bonnie Bounds of Washington- Wilkes has been named by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) as one of approximately 16,000 National Semifinalists in the 52nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

By qualifying as a semifinalist, Bonnie has the opportunity to continue in the competition for National Merit Finalist standing and some 8,200 Merit Scholarship awards, worth $33 million, that will be offered next spring.

Bonnie is a Briarwood Academy senior jointly enrolled as a freshman in the Honors Program at the University of Georgia for the 2006-2007 academic year. She is the daughter of Cindy and Lincoln Bounds of Washington-Wilkes.

More than 1.4 million juniors in nearly 21,000 high schools entered the 2007 National Merit Program by taking the 2005 Preliminary SAT/ National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of program entrants.

The nationwide pool of semifinalists, which represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest scoring entrants in each state. The number of semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state's percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.

Established in 1955 specifically to conduct the annual National Merit Program, NMSC is a not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance. Scholarships awarded through the program are underwritten by NMSC's own funds and approximately 500 business organizations and higher education institutions that share NMSC's goals of honoring the national's scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence.

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