NEW ULM – New Ulm High School senior Henry Albrecht was named National Merit Scholarship semifinalist.

In order to be considered for a Merit Scholarship award semifinalist, an applicant

Over 1.3 million juniors in about 20,000 high schools entered the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2024 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Albrecht was one of 16,000 named as a semifinalist this year.

Albrecht said he initially took the Preliminary SAT (PSAT) as a way to practice for SAT and ACT-style testing. Albrecht said his father, who was also a National Merit Scholar in high school, advised him to take the PSAT. He said it was worth the effort to take it.

Albrecht said he spent more time studying for the SAT than the PSAT. There are no straightforward

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