Three Beachwood Students Named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

Two students and one Fuchs Mizrachi student have been named among 16,000 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists across the country.

BHS seniors Scott Remer — — and Tigran Askaryan and Fuchs Mizrachi senior Stuart Levitin are in the running for a piece of the $34 million in National Merit scholarships that will be awarded this spring.

Semifinalist ranking is based on the students' scores on pre-SAT and pre-ACT scores. To become a finalist, students' SAT or ACT scores must reflect the pre-test scores and they must have outstanding academic records and recommendations from their school principals.

2,500 finalists will be awarded $2,500 scholarships, and private corporations and colleges and universities are also expected to award finalists with scholarhips.

Students will be notified in February 2012 if they have been named finalists.