Three HAFTR High School students have been named semifinalists in the 59th annual National Merit Scholarship.
Isaak Garber, Matthew Goldstein, and Jake Kaufman are among 16,000 semifinalists in this year¹s National Merit Scholarship Program, which is less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors. About 1.5 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2014 Scholarship Program by taking the 2012 PSAT, which served as an initial screening of program entrants.
The students have an opportunity to continue in the competition for 8,000 National Merit Scholarships worth about $35 million.
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HAFTR said it has the distinction of having the highest number of semifinalists from Long Island yeshivas.
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