In the fall, she was named a National Merit Scholar Semifinalist.
And now this winter, she has been named a candidate in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.
Alice Zhang is having herself quite the senior year.
We’re so proud to relay to you the latest academic achievement for Alice, who received the good news about the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program last week.
Students have the opportunity to become U.S. Presidential Scholars based on three paths of accomplishment: broad academic achievement, academic and artistic scholarship, or ability and accomplishment in career and technical education fields.
Alice will now complete an application and in early spring approximately 600 semifinalists will be chosen from across the country. In April, the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars will review the semifinalists and select up to 161 U.S. Presidential Scholars.
Alice is certainly in good company, as fewer than 100 Iowa students were chosen as candidates for this prestigious award.
Alice’s academic achievement includes a 1,500 on the PSAT test as a junior and a perfect 36 on the ACT. She’s also a 4.0 student who has taken numerous advanced classes, including AP calculus (college level) as a junior.
The National Merit Scholar Finalists will be announced in February.
Congratulations once again to Alice on her tremendous academic achievements, as well as to all of her teachers who helped her to reach these milestones along the way.
