Sixteen Farmington Public Schools’ students
Commended by National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Farmington, Michigan -- T
​ he National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC)​ ​announced
the Commended Students in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program. Sixteen
Farmington Public Schools’ students are among the 34,000 of approximately 50,000 high
scorers on the PSAT/NMSQT. These distinguished students have received letters of
Commendation in recognition of their outstanding academic promise. Commended Students
are named on the basis of a nationally applied Selection Index score that may vary from year
to year and is typically below the level required for participants to be named Semifinalists in
their respective states. Although Commended Students do not continue in the competition for
National Merit® Scholarships, some of these students do become candidates for Special
Scholarships sponsored by corporations and businesses.
2017 National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Students:
Farmington High School
Akili Echols
Collin Finn
Seth Fleming
Spurthi Gubbala
Emma Kull
Leila Mullison
Isha Nadgauda
North Farmington High School
Pooja Kapadia
Isaac Miller
James Whitener
Harrison High School
Irshad Abdulmajeed
Benjamin Fernquist
Evan Kravitz
Declan Rosenstock
Bridget Smith
Noah Weingarden
High school students enter the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary
SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (​ PSAT/NMSQT®)​—a test which serves as an
initial screen of approximately 1.6 million entrants each year—and by meeting published
program entry and participation requirements.
NMSC is a not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance to
conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship program. Scholarships are underwritten by
NMSC with its own funds and approximately 440 business organizations and high education
institutions that share the goal of encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence.
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), a not-for-profit corporation that operates without government
assistance, was founded in 1955 specifically to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The majority of
scholarships offered each year are underwritten by approximately 440 independent corporate and college sponsors that share
NMSC’s goals of honoring scholastically talented youth and encouraging academic excellence at all levels of education.
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