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La Salle Academy Senior Marissa Marandola A Presidential Scholar Candidate
La Salle Academy senior Marissa L. Marandola has been named as named as one of approximately 3000 candidates in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The candidates were selected from more than 3 million students expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in 2012.
The selection of the 3,000 academic candidates generally is made based on SAT and ACT scores. Test scores in each of the states/jurisdictions are reviewed, and the total SAT score is compared to the ACT Sum of Scores. Each student's highest test score (in a single test administration) is identified; duplicates and/or lower scores are dropped. In each state, scores are ranked from high to low.
La Salle Academy senior Marissa L. Marandola has been named as named as one of approximately 3000 candidates in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The candidates were selected from more than 3 million students expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in 2012.
The selection of approximately 3,000 academic candidates generally is made based on SAT and ACT scores. Test scores in each of the states/jurisdictions are reviewed, and the total SAT score is compared to the ACT Sum of Scores. Each student's highest test score (in a single test administration) is identified; duplicates and/or lower scores are dropped. In each state, scores are ranked from high to low.
Approximately twenty females and twenty males are selected as candidates from each state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and from families of U.S. citizens living abroad based on SAT and ACT scores. In addition, each Chief State School Officer (CSSO) may nominate one male and one female candidate, based on their outstanding scholarship, residing in the CSSO’s jurisdiction.
Students are considered in their states of legal residence, unless they have lived abroad for two years or more. Candidacy materials are mailed to students for participation in the program. Application is by invitation only; therefore, students may not apply individually to the Program, nor may their schools nominate them.
The selection of 500 semifinalists will take place in early April. Then the Commission on Presidential Scholars, a group of 32 eminent citizens appointed by the President will make the final selection of the scholars – one young man and one young woman from each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. students living abroad, 15 students at large and up to 20 students from the creative and performing arts. The selections will be announced in May.
Each year, up to 141 students are named U.S. Presidential Scholars, one of the Nation's highest honors for high school students. The Scholars represent excellence in education and the promise of greatness in young people. In honoring the U.S. Presidential Scholars, the President of the United States symbolically honors all graduating high school seniors of high potential.
La Salle Academy is a high school rich in history and grounded in the person and teachings of Jesus and the Catholic faith, which are core to the school's life and culture. The De La Salle Middle School provides a strong holistic foundation for students to transition into high school. The high school and middle school provide students of diverse ethnic, economic, and religious backgrounds, a community to foster growth in the tradition of St. John Baptist de La Salle’s ideals of faith, service, and community.
