St. Francis Xavier School is pleased to announce that senior, Miguel Weber, has been named a semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Miguel has attended St. Xavier for 4 years and has been active in scholars bowl, chess club, yearbook, forensics, Future Business Leaders of America, Student Council, and the National Honor Society. When asked to comment, Miguel stated “It’s an honor to be named a semifinalist. I feel as if more doors have opened for me.”
Representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, Miguel has demonstrated outstanding academic achievement throughout high school and has earn exceptional SAT® or ACT® scores to attain the semifinalist distinction. “Miguel is a very good student who has consistently scored at the top of his class despite taking a challenging course load.” remarked Alex Becker, St. Xavier math teacher, scholar’s bowl coach, chess coach, and past National Merit Scholarship recipient who introduced Miguel to the National Merit Scholarship Program.
The next step requires semifinalists to submit a detailed scholarship application, essay, and earn SAT® or ACT® scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test. Miguel plans to move forward with the process and will find out in February if he advances to the finalist level.