LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has named Emmarie Gates of Joe T. Robinson High School a commended student in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program.
Commended students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2021 competition by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Although Gates will not continue in the 2021 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, she joins about 34,000 Commended students throughout the national being recognized for exceptional academic promise.