A Service of The Arrow              Saturday October 15, 2000

    Four of Flatheads finest are among 16,000 students in the U.S. to score high enough on the PSAT tests to become National Merit Semi-finalists.

    Lauren Casey, David Palchak, KC McBroom, and Andrew Bissell, all seniors, are eligible to receive the National Merit scholarships.

    The semi-finalist all receive a Montana Honors Scholarship that can be used at Northern, Eastern, and Western Montana Colleges, as well at Montana Tech, FVCC, and Montana State.

    Senior Andrew Bissell isundecided on where he wants to attend college. He does however know what he would like to go to college for.

    "I want to major in economics," says Bissell. "I want to study how to make people rich."

    To Bissell the whole thing isn’t much of a big deal.

    "It wasn’t that big of a deal for me," says Andrew. "Just another scholarship I could get."

    Senior KC McBroom is looking to attend Tufts University, in Boston, to study engineering.

    "Math is usually pretty easy for me," says McBroom. "I was pretty excited, (being a semi-finalists); it’s a good opportunity to get scholarships to good colleges".

    Senior David Palchak is looking to attend the University of Utah to study engineering.

    "I’m really strong with math and science," said Palchak. "I’m also really good with computers."

    How did he feel with the news that he was a semi-finalist?

    "I was pleasantly surprised," says Palchak. "I was excited at the possibilities".

    Senior Lauren Casey is also, at the moment, undecided on what college she would like to attend.

    "I want to go for some kind of engineering, definitely something in science", says Casey. "I’ve always found math and science interesting and it comes more natural to me."

    "I was pretty surprised, I’m really excited, I think it’s going to help a lot with colleges and to getting scholarships and getting into school.

    Receiving honorable mentions for their PSAT scores were John Fetter-Vorm, Raquel DeBlauw and Shannon Berry.

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