Georgia Karaisarides, a senior at Bethpage High School, was recently recognized as a finalist in the prestigious National Merit Scholarship Program. She is among 15,000 finalists who will continue in the competition with the hopes of receiving one of the 7,250 National Merit Scholarships.
Georgia was selected as a semifinalist in September based on her excellent score on the 2021 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. To earn the finalist title, she had to submit a detailed scholarship application. This included providing her academic record, information on her extracurricular activities, proof of leadership abilities, and more. As a finalist, Georgia was presented with a Certificate of Merit.
Congratulations, Georgia!