Congratulations to Fairport High School senior Leo Allen who has been named a 2021 National Merit Scholarship semifinalist. Out of the 1.5 million juniors nationwide who took the PSAT test last fall, only 16,000 qualify as semifinalists. Allen now has the opportunity to continue in the competition for 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $30 million to be offered next spring!

To become a finalist, a semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official and earn an SAT score that confirms the student’s performance on the qualifying test.