5 AISD Students Nationally Recognized for PSAT Scores

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Jeanette Pala

Jeanette Pala recently received her Letter of Commendation. Pala learned she is a Commended Student in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. She is a senior at Victory Early College High School.

About 1.4 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. These students took the 2013 [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). The test serves as an initial screen of program entrants.

Pala is one of approximately 34,000 Commended Students nationwide. Commended Students place among the top five percent of of tests takers. Commended Scholars will not continue in the 2015 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards.

According to the NMSQT Program, Commended Scholars “are recognized for their exceptional academic promise demonstrated by their outstanding performance on the qualifying test.”

The [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]National Hispanic Recognition Program also recognized Pala and four other Aldine ISD students — Melissa Buruca-Mendoza, Andrés Paredones, Thalía Durán and Selena Cruz. The NHRP identifies academically outstanding Hispanic/Latino high school seniors and identifies them to universities. Students enter the program by taking the PSAT/NMSQT.

Each year, the NHRP honors about 5,000 of the highest-scoring students. More than 250,000 Hispanic/Latino juniors take the PSAT/NMSQT® each year. Although the NHRP does not provide a financial reward, being named is an important academic recognition, and students should indicate this achievement on their college applications.

AISD Students Earning PSAT Recognition