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522 Semakov, Daniel 450 Tobias, Hana T. Semifinalists: 2020 National 162 Shi, Jonathan J. 301 Xu, Jessica J. 454 Suits, Colin M. Merit Scholarship Program 560 Teterin, Jenna B. CARLSBAD 300 Wang, Kevin Z. LA COSTA CANYON H. S. 160 Zhou, Denise 450 Lacob, Drew G. 830 White, Lauren W. NOTRE DAME H. S. 451 Bangs, Eleanor PACIFIC RIDGE SCHOOL CALIFORNIA 160 Shi, Michael J. 175 Daley, Parker E. 000 Cheung, Kimberly A. 619 Tan, Michelle E. 000 Desai, Shivam M. 450 Tong, Wesley BENICIA 000 Wu, Dustin H. 741 Tsuji, Evan T. BENICIA H. S. AGOURA HILLS 454 Vo, Brandon AGOURA H. S. 843 Cheng, Jun SAGE CREEK H. S. 302 Wang, Tingxuan 303 Law How Hung, Austin B. 999 Fox, Joseph M. 200 Wong, Braden M. 999 Schofield, Aidan Y. BERKELEY 741 Li, Victor Y. 712 Xu, Anabell M. BERKELEY H. S. 167 Low, Samantha S. 303 Yeh, Elizabeth Y. ALAMEDA 742 Ancell, Amos R. 160 Nguyen, Hanh Y. 168 Yeung, Andre 742 Aronson, Rachel C. 628 Pandey, Lavanya ALAMEDA SCIENCE AND 463 Zhu, David X. TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE 302 Avery, Joshua M. 450 Player, Ella J. 520 Zimmerman, Samantha 950 Chandler, Audrey E. 461 Pregerson, Eli J. ARCATA 463 Davidoff, Isabel S. 160 Soni, Isha ARCATA H. S. 907 Fantacone, Gabriel G. ENCINAL H. S. 457 Janzen, Leo P. 300 Lack, Alexander 941 Feinberg, Adrian L. CARMICHAEL 833 Oberlander, Katherine A. 450 Fern, Richard J. JESUIT H. S. 501 Goetting, Dylan K. 454 Gahunia, Jaiveer ST. JOSEPH - NOTRE DAME H. S. NORTHCOAST PREPARATORY 628 Annis, Zavier 833 Jacobson-Bell, Benjamin H. 168 To, Alexander Q. AND PERFORMING 999 Ledor, Gina ARTS ACADEMY ALAMO 162 Lerman, Eliza C. CARPINTERIA 450 Le, Jianghua 900 Svoboda, Eli S. HOMESCHOOL CATE SCHOOL 999 Tezcan, Teoman 742 Goudreau, Lyneth C. 000 Burke, Simon R. ATHERTON 999 Uribe, Benyamin M. 000 Liou, Kenneth B. MENLO - ATHERTON H. S. 999 Rogers, Kimberly J. ALBANY 185 Baum, Hannah G. ST. MARY'S COLLEGE H. S. ALBANY H. S. 214 Boustiha, Cyprien A. 160 Geiler-Ingham, Harrison B. CARSON 833 Bain, Isabelle S. 417 Ginn, Rachel E. 303 Chan, Ethan M. CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF 906 Gordan, Andrew J. BEVERLY HILLS MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE 843 Johnson, Vincent G. 450 Johnson, Alise 160 Marten, Allison R. BEVERLY HILLS H. S. 461 Adhikari, Noah A. 500 Jones, Eli 904 162 Ryan, Trevor N. Allana, Matthew S. 870 Delgado, Kassadey 200 Killmond, William F. 600 000 Zim, Karanina L. Im, Hyeunjeong 712 Duntugan, Sofie A. 950 Richter, Jacob H. 945 Jeong, Dayeon 628 Lee, Cailyn 628 Stribling, Hazen M. 250 Park, Matthew J. 303 Newman, Joel ALHAMBRA 906 Viotti, Nathan L. MARK KEPPEL H. S. 161 Nishimura, Chad 999 Younes, Amanda 451 Ramesh, Shohan Aadithya 160 Kwok, Mikayla BREA 451 Szeto, Jeffrey Y. BREA OLINDA H. S. MENLO SCHOOL 160 821 Wong, Kevin J. Liu, Christine CASTRO VALLEY 000 Acra, Charlotte 204 Seo, Sean D. CASTRO VALLEY H. S. 999 Aufricht, Katherine M. 212 Yang, Tiffaney 450 Huang, Jimmy ALISO VIEJO 907 Bai, Crystal W. 999 Tam, Michael S. ALISO NIGUEL H. S. 303 Dharan, Kripa M. 628 Aubort, Nicole M. BRENTWOOD 162 Fenyo, Meredith HERITAGE H. S. 160 Bustami, Zaid E. 999 Hanson, John M. CERRITOS 628 Barrose, Cesar A. 185 Cheong, Anabella 900 Holland, Emma M. CERRITOS H. S. 628 Choi, Alisa Y. 457 Knifsend, Ethan D. 628 Yoo, Rachel S. 000 Jovanovic, Simon 200 Lee, Charlotte H. BUENA PARK 301 Kim, Jiin D. 475 Lim, Matthew A. BUENA PARK H. S. VALLEY CHRISTIAN H. S. 000 Major, Andrew T. 141 Ma, Sulwen 455 Martinez Cabrera, Camila G. 450 Griffith, Tristan D. 454 Oh, Jaeyoung 946 Morgan, Aaron J. 628 Salazar, Ixchel T. 000 Morgan, Alex S. BURBANK GRETCHEN WHITNEY H. S. 200 Xia, Audrey J. 185 Park, Peridot BURBANK H. S. 628 Lim, Juwon 163 Pretre, Kyra E. 454 Chung, Corine 303 Mao, Ivan ANAHEIM 943 Vaynblat, Elizabeth 520 Pape, Kim C. 160 Narayanan, Sujanya N. CANYON H. S. 451 Virsik, Luke A. 303 Tong, Anna M. 302 Nghiem, Tuyet-Nhi T. 171 Grujic, Mark 830 Xu, Victoria Z. 451 Wang, Jonathan 161 Ong, Ethan A. 700 Yan, Ethan Y. LYCEE INTERNATIONAL DE 740 Yuan, Joyce LOS ANGELES ESPERANZA H. S. SACRED HEART 000 Ricci-Deeb, Rachel C. CHATSWORTH 162 Nguyen, Brian K. PREPARATORY SCHOOL SIERRA CANYON SCHOOL 999 Birdwell, James H. BURLINGAME 000 Vadmal, Gowri M. FAIRMONT PREPARATORY 303 Chun, Matthew BURLINGAME H. S. ACADEMY 999 Kim, Ryan A. 999 Jaworski, Danielle CHICO 628 Kantamaneni, Pranav 455 Lim, Theresa A. 161 Tun, Kaung CHICO H. S. 999 Ong, Matthew E. 741 Thompson, Christina O. 455 van Hamel Platerink, Lavinia 906 Snider, Andrew P. 904 Razzak, Numair A. 553 Yoo, Alexisse H. BAKERSFIELD CALABASAS HOMESCHOOL CENTENNIAL H. S. CALABASAS H. S. 400 Grigg, Barbara APTOS 999 Cho, Angelina J. 185 Chen, Andrew APTOS H. S. 450 Fujishin, Coleman M. PLEASANT VALLEY H. S. 999 deCastongrene, Erin M. STOCKDALE H. S. 629 Kalinin, Viola L. 628 Liu, Jacob Y. 843 Sandler, Jacob W. 303 Chang, Nicole A. 000 Lowe, Mark 502 Thau, Mason R. 628 Chuang, Vanessa C. 999 Nudell, Abby E. 522 Victor, Kara G. ARCADIA 142 Desai, Khushali A. ARCADIA H. S. 628 Mubin, Zara VIEWPOINT SCHOOL CHINO HILLS 185 Aung, Filbert 628 Shah, Rishi 300 Emi, Nicole M. RUBEN S. AYALA H. S. 457 Berkun, Samuel D. 628 Mackey, KaiLan S. 200 Das, Oishee 000 Chan, Jason M. BELMONT 202 Samek, Julian E. 907 Liu, Tiffany 303 Chan, Ryan Y. CARLMONT H. S. 454 Moon, Daniel S. 463 Chang, Albert 628 Ayers, Alessandra T. CAMARILLO 164 Tabassum, Asna 450 Cheng, Markis J. 160 Chamberlin, Alice ADOLFO CAMARILLO H. S. 218 Thakker, Anushka 161 Dai, Stephen X. 950 Espinoza, Eva R. 302 Nguyen, Huy C. 459 Zhang, William 162 Hsu, Kenneth B. 209 Li, Albert 000 Tran, Cassie U. 771 Ju, David 302 Luk, Vernon CHINO HILLS H. S. 253 Khine, Sandi W. 451 Mao, Jenny CAMPBELL 949 Wu, Janice W. 450 Lee, Robin 456 Mathew, George WESTMONT H. S. 303 Lee, William J. 302 Mitnick, Gabriel 303 Nair, Rahul R. CHULA VISTA 600 Mak, Kayli S. 454 Seaman, Joseph B. 843 Srivastava, Mridu OLYMPIAN H. S. 773 Manneth, Ajay M. 463 Sellami, Emna 999 Teoh, Janice Y. 773 Park, Seonggeun B.

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160 Indiresan, Neeti DANA POINT EL CAJON California (continued) 164 Joseph, Tara DANA HILLS H. S. GROSSMONT H. S. 300 Kim, Joshua H. 836 Gravitt, Charles B. 743 Oleksyn, Alexander J. 999 Kim, Sabrina S. OTAY RANCH H. S. 303 Lao, Nathaniel DANVILLE VALHALLA H. S. 300 Ilasin, Abemhel M. 200 Lee, Hanjune ATHENIAN SCHOOL 459 Basaka, Nicolas D. 461 Li, Karen 540 Liu, Constin CLAREMONT 303 Mao, Kelly EL DORADO HILLS CLAREMONT H. S. 168 Oh, Fiona D. MONTE VISTA H. S. HOMESCHOOL 167 Geary, Liam C. 303 Oh, Sooah 162 Girdner, Juliana A. 000 Dalessi, Joseph 162 Kang, Chaerim 300 Pietila, Jeremy P. 201 Habib, Arham A. 201 Xue, William 160 Ramesh, Aishwarya 520 Lee, Josephine R. OAK RIDGE H. S. 742 Refaee, Rebecca H. 870 Lee, Matthew E. 303 Hildebrandt, Joseph Z. VIVIAN WEBB SCHOOL 164 Saran, Anushka 303 Shiffer, James N. 628 Zhu, Eric F. 900 Fu, Danyue 168 Shah, Kavya R. 906 Yue, Timothy S. 161 Li, Ruoqi 201 Shan, Carolyn W. 836 Zhang, Annie EL SEGUNDO 253 Shao, Jeffrey L. 773 Zhou, Caroline L. DA VINCI SCIENCE H. S. WEBB SCHOOL OF CALIFORNIA 303 Singh, Sarina T. 302 Johnson, Philip D. 900 Chiu, Chun H. 600 Wang, Harrison S. SAN RAMON VALLEY H. S. 450 Liu, Eric M. 218 Wei, Brandon M. 450 Aitken, Catherine EL SEGUNDO H. S. 773 Raus, Luke W. 000 Wong, Osman 300 Gupta, Kanishk 467 Bar-On, Jonas M. 467 Xu, William CLOVIS 904 Yang, Teresa Y. DAVIS VISTAMAR SCHOOL 300 FLOYD B. BUCHANAN H. S. Yi, Alyson K. DA VINCI CHARTER ACADEMY 000 Handler, Adin L. 204 303 Wang, Vincent L. Zhang, Gloria E. 000 Hirsch, Rebecca A. 742 Macdonald, Brian S. 999 Zhao, Johnry CLOVIS H. S. DAVIS H. S. ELK GROVE 400 Siechert, Megan MONTA VISTA H. S. 160 Chatfield, Tate L. COSUMNES OAKS H. S. 870 Adiga, Spoorthi R. 743 Cho, Hannah Y. 619 Dizon, Nathan Joshua R. CONCORD 302 Ayyappan, Varun 833 Fitzpatrick, Collin J. 164 Tran, Vietbao N. CARONDELET H. S. 600 Bharadwaj, Akshay 209 Hansen, Remi P. 770 Bocek, Laura L. 628 Bhatt, Ritvi H. 162 Li, Anna LAGUNA CREEK H. S. 302 Chen, Glenn J. 204 Liu, Kimberly J. 999 Simmons, Rachel K. DE LA SALLE H. S. 204 Chen, Jessica S. 000 Lo, Abigail 710 Katz, Cameron L. 164 Cheng, Alice Y. 999 Lopez, Elaje A. PLEASANT GROVE H. S. 999 Chou, Ke Wei 204 Lubin, Joshua M. 000 Errera, Nicole M. CORONA 300 Cui, Audrey Y. 742 Qi, Allison Y. 000 Wells, Tanner C. CORONA H. S. 999 Duan, Daniel 603 Su, Lindsey 741 Joyce, Gavin C. 999 Dunn, Jason ENCINITAS 300 Fu, Jason M. DIAMOND BAR THE GRAUER SCHOOL CORONADO 771 Fung, Athena F. DIAMOND BAR H. S. 907 Stockton, Sophia M. CORONADO H. S. 000 Gampala, Roshan 204 Chan, Courtney L. 000 Chapko, Brendan T. 303 Girkar, Krishna M. 459 Chang, Sean SAN DIEGUITO ACADEMY 300 Goyal, Aryan 628 Chang, Tiffany 904 Oien, Tate CULVER CITY 303 Gupta, Raghav 950 Chang, Valerie 900 Pickering, Thomas D. CULVER CITY H. S. 161 Ho, Brandon C. 600 Chao, Michelle 742 Komatsu, Cooper E. 450 Irkar, Chaitanya P. 999 Chung, Joshua R. ESCONDIDO 300 Iyer, Pratyush A. 501 Hassan, Mena K. CALVIN CHRISTIAN H. S. 209 Ho, Jonathan E. CUPERTINO 303 Iyer, Vishruth A. 451 Van Ee, Eliyana A. CUPERTINO H. S. 301 Jain, Sahil 628 Lee, Yewon 000 Ahmad, Rehaan 302 Ji, Arthur H. 999 Lou, Ryan J. CLASSICAL ACADEMY H. S. 740 Lu, Catherine Z. 000 Bharadwaj, Anjan P. 300 Kalidindi, Ronith N. 553 Beeler, Analiese R. 454 Murickan, Tom T. 000 Bhattacharya, Amartya 999 Kamat, Sarthak 160 Wagner, Gwendolyn R. 000 Campbell, Rianna K. 628 Kannankunni, Joshua P. 000 Pan, Mason 999 Shao, Karen 000 Chen, Grace C. 303 Kumar, Pranav FAIR OAKS 000 Chillal, Venugopal 303 Li, Isaac 451 Sriram, Keshav 466 Yen, Jessica BELLA VISTA H. S. 000 Chu, Ashley 303 Lim, Vincent K. 467 Saenz, Victoria N. 000 Du, Andrew S. 999 Liu, Jia Ning 999 Zhang, Jolynn L. 999 Zhang, Justin K. 000 Du, Justin Y. 303 Luo, Richard FAIRFIELD 000 Du, Olivia 303 Mahadev, Saagar R. ANGELO RODRIGUEZ H. S. 999 Majjiga, Arya R. DOWNEY 000 Hong, Sun Ah 461 Nasim, Jamal 000 Hsia, Jasmine 301 Nair, Tej Q. DOWNEY H. S. 301 Ranjan, Rishabh M. 999 Yu, Victoria 000 Jeon, Kenneth Y. FALLBROOK 000 Jeong, Grace S. 999 Sarkar, Meghna FALLBROOK UNION H. S. 000 Kann, Lillian J. 301 Shahriar, Reedit S. DUARTE 870 Lopez, Alan G. 000 Ke, Emily 450 Singh, Jaspreet CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF THE 000 Liu, Jerry B. 162 Subramanyam, Varsha ARTS SAN GABRIEL VALLEY 000 Liu, Kevin Y. 742 Tang, Andy A. 457 Hsiao, Jeremy FILLMORE 000 Ma, Angela G. 450 Thanvantri, Sowmya FILLMORE H. S. 000 Ng, Ryan 160 Tsujimoto, Kyle M. DUBLIN 999 Palazuelos, Isabella S. 000 Pratap, Siddhant 160 Upadhyay, Stuti J. DUBLIN H. S. 000 Ram Mohan, Sreehari 185 Wu, Alexander K. 457 Jagannathan, Aditi A. FOLSOM 000 Rao, Ashish P. 837 Xia, Iris 870 Jain, Ishaan N. FOLSOM H. S. 000 Sarkar, Bidipta 303 Ye, Sophie 903 Kang, Audrey 451 Amin, Ishan M. 000 Shah, Aashna K. 185 Yeh, Ashley K. 743 Kant, Manav 830 Sun, Andrew Haoyu 000 Shah, Ishika S. 303 Zhang, Tom 185 Kaur, Ishpreet 628 Wen, Brian C. 000 Sharma, Rachit 999 Zhou, Jonathan 000 Koh, Joshua L. 000 Shroff, Yash V. 302 Li, Kevin S. VISTA DEL LAGO H. S. 000 Sun, Randy J. 455 Lin, Roy T. 301 Ambavanekar, Anoushka V. 000 Sureshbabu, Sripad CYPRESS 301 Miller, Alexandre 600 Leung, Emily 000 Venkatapuram, Rohan N. CYPRESS H. S. 459 Pan, Gene 302 Nguyen, Mai-Thanh 000 Wang, Jasmin I. 164 Kim, Anthony 870 Paner, Rachel 628 Tan, Sydnee 000 Xiong, Jeffrey 501 Kim, Michael J. 303 Sharma, Mihika 942 Titus, Ashton L. 000 Young, Elisabeth M. 870 Rim, Hannah J. 000 Subramanian, Apoorva B. 467 Xiao, Dennis 000 Yu, Joshua C. 000 Suen, Claire OXFORD ACADEMY 000 Sujith, Jeetu FOUNTAIN VALLEY HOMESCHOOL 741 Feng, Bill 000 Tan, Jeffrey Z. FOUNTAIN VALLEY H. S. 999 Chi, Ryan A. 301 Liu, Anita C. 999 Vakil, Roshni 904 Dang, Mai 743 Perisic, Vuk 000 Wang, Caroline Y. 160 Nguyen, Katherine K. HOMESTEAD H. S. 600 Pham, Steven K. 300 Vu, Jason 999 Bedekar, Roma 999 Phan, Juliana V. QUARRY LANE SCHOOL 742 Bhandarkar, Shaunak 200 Zhang, Blanca 300 Kant, Tanmay FREMONT 836 Bilsborrow, Kate E. 000 Lu, Tammy ALSION EARLY COLLEGE H. S. 883 Bronicki, Noa 000 Mitr, Rhea A. 629 Bollapragada, Pallavi R. 710 Choi, Alexander J. DALY CITY 000 Peddamallu, Ritika 870 Raghuram, Tejas 628 Gaywala, Siddharth N. SUMMIT SHASTA 501 Shetti, Johann 175 Sethi, Akash V. 950 Ho, Naomi 999 Aung, Ye M. 162 Tan, Thomas 904 Varma, Gaurav

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160 Gao, Angela TROY H. S. HEMET California (continued) 999 Hsiao, Rachel 300 Anand, Shivana HEMET H. S. 600 Hsieh, Danielle 451 Bae, Brandon 000 Laskowski, Justin T. 000 Hsiu, Malcolm 605 Bao, Christie Y. AMERICAN H. S. 209 Huang, Kimberly-Claire S. 501 Batchev, Michael D. HILLSBOROUGH 209 Asnani, Dev 303 Indap, Shreeya 773 Bose, Soham CRYSTAL SPRINGS 710 Babayan, Davit 160 Jain, Rishi 303 Chan, Clement J. UPLANDS SCHOOL 169 Desai, Anya S. 999 Krishnasami, Kavin S. 160 Chen, Darren 000 Cao, Stephanie 450 Fu, Andy 160 Kuchhangi, Ashika D. 218 Choi, Ethan Matthew C. 000 Chen, Justin W. 185 Hawkins, Angela E. 467 Lam, Angus 300 Chong, Daniel S. 000 Conn, Wilson 457 Kannan, Rithesh 300 Li, Karen J. 451 Coaty, Jacob P. 000 Cook, Evan A. 303 Khan, Afzal 999 Li, Lucia Y. 161 Hong, Christopher 000 Dicioccio, Peter C. 461 Kiran, Meghna 000 Lin, Vivienne Y. 417 Huh, Angela Y. 000 Hu, Clara 456 Liao, Austen L. 999 Liu, Brent 628 Huynh, Amber B. 000 Patel, Shilvaan U. 999 Lin, Emily 999 Liu, Brian Y. 300 Kim, Ahhyun 000 Yoon, Thomas B. 457 Liu, Annie 520 Liu, Jonathan 303 Kishore, Darin A. 836 Liu, Jeffrey C. 999 Liu, Patrick Y. 628 Lee, Eliana Y. HUNTINGTON BEACH 628 Ramachandran, Mira 302 Luan, Derek T. 300 Lee, Justin D. COAST H. S. 303 Ravi, Rohit 830 Ma, Eric Y. 870 Lee, Kristi C. 162 Zeng, Amber 773 Singhvi, Arnav 600 Mandal, Rick 300 Li, Jimmy 999 Sun, Michael 303 Murugappan, Ganesh M. 300 Lin, Ashley HUNTINGTON BEACH H. S. 742 Talati, Aditi 161 Pham, Christina 833 Loh, Megan Q. 628 Do, Natalie L. 000 Tatikonda, Nithin 999 Raju, Kanchan 303 Mason, Andres A. 628 Machado, Isabella C. 451 Vo, Connor K. 999 Rangavajjhala, Sanjay 451 Mo, Raymond A. 500 Macias, Randal 600 Zhao, Michelle 999 Ross, Angela A. 628 Park, Simon T. 628 McWilliams, Lauren R. 602 Zhou, Carol 160 Saxena, Monisha D. 451 Pyne, Sushovan 999 Shen, Matthew 303 Rim, Patrick K. MARINA H. S. HOMESCHOOL 303 Shi, Kevin 600 Rodriguez, Amanda G. 451 Lorang, Nathaniel E. 455 Sarva, Jay S. 200 Sinha, Akshat 301 Shah, Rahil S. 166 Sivayogagnanamoorthy, 450 Singh, Chirag A. IRVINE Abishekanarayana 455 Song, Haechan IRVINGTON H. S. ARNOLD O. BECKMAN H. S. 200 Tatavarthi, Vijay 308 Vivek, Sneha 303 Balan, Einar 301 Aggarwal, Rahul V. 303 Tran, Nathan 463 Wang, Benjamin V. 161 Bansal, Anika 870 Choi, Wonjun 710 Tseng, Catherine 161 Wang, Derek M. 000 Batra, Sesha P. 628 Chu, Lauren M. 450 Vaidya, Shray V. 000 Wang, Hannah 302 Chang, Alan 303 Cui, Catherine 160 Vaidya, Tanishq M. 303 Xie, Kexin 000 Chung, Jonathan J. 628 Das, Isha 740 Vasudev, Adithya G. 160 Yang, Cheryl 500 Ding, Patrick Y. 773 Han, Ethan 160 Vykunta, Akshara B. 160 Yi, Aaron D. 160 Doriwala, Aseem 830 Heo, Jehyeok J. 303 Wei, Rachel 000 Yoon, Sarah 185 Geng, Irene S. 454 Kim, Elizabeth 160 Wudaru, Aalaya 000 Zhao, Justin 000 Ghankota, Aadhiti 185 Lee, Jimin 740 Xiang, Jennifer 467 Gunukula, Saaketh 712 Myrick, Colin 303 Xie, Steven R. 303 Ippili, Vaibhav VERITAS CLASSICAL ACADEMY 162 Patel, Karina S. 301 Xu, Andrew J. 000 000 Khan, Raisah F. Uyemori, Julia K. 450 Pieter, Kaelyn M. 999 Xu, Jessica 603 Khan, Youan H. 303 Sameshima, Tyler 999 Yang, Emily 000 Khanna, Avi GARDEN GROVE 742 Seifi, Vianna H. 830 Yang, Kelly 000 Krachenfels, Kay GARDEN GROVE H. S. 200 Shah, Isha 999 Yao, Alan E. 999 Lin, Rachel Y. 833 Trinh, Howard N. 209 Song, Kaleb J. 000 Yu, Christina 000 Lodha, Anushka 160 Yuen, Carina W. 999 Luo, Eliza GILROY 209 Zhang, Alison Y. CREAN LUTHERAN H. S. 000 Mani, Varsha DR. T. J. OWENS GILROY EARLY 451 Zhang, Andrew 907 Fitzgerald, Anthony R. 999 Mishra, Vidushee COLLEGE ACADEMY 161 Zhang, Jacqueline 000 Kim, Emilyne N. 303 Muktadir, Saqeef S. 999 Brown, Reno E. 999 Zhang, Miranda 000 Noh, Hyerin 160 Nagle, Arnav M. 607 LeQuang, Astin T. 160 Zhao, Ann 907 Nambiar, Ria 467 Zheng, Alexander IRVINE H. S. 000 Nguyen, Anita T. GLENDALE 836 Aiyar, Shruthi S. 000 Pammidimukkala, Pranav HERBERT HOOVER H. S. WASHINGTON H. S. 160 Chu, Nathan 000 Pan, Vicki I. 160 Chong, Justin 302 Du, Ryan T. 904 Biligiri, Anish 000 Patel, Araav H. 833 Minasyan, Mary H. 303 Jee, Yubin 164 Chen, Fiona 000 Patel, Ashka 628 Kotha, Sumasri V. 600 Cheng, Cindy 907 Peddibhotla, Rakesh M. 628 Lee, Faith M. 456 Du, Michael T. GOLETA 301 Samanta, Ankur 999 Patel, Anjali K. 999 Guo, Nina Y. DOS PUEBLOS H. S. 457 Shah, Kathan 302 Tu, Raymond 300 Kaeley, Jashan S. 302 Kommerell, Rhea A. 160 Shahmohammadi Arani, Roxana 628 Suh, Marina Y. 450 Yun, Junsang 600 Shen, Rachel F. 450 Malyala, Sweta A. 450 Panda, Pranit 185 Singal, Anoushka NORTHWOOD H. S. 999 Qureshi, Sahir S. GRANADA HILLS 160 Singh, Gurjap 160 Ali, Maizah 628 Shah, Vivek GRANADA HILLS CHARTER H. S. 204 Singh, Jasraj 843 Anand, Sasha S. 301 Singh, Rishika 301 Jain, Megha 161 Singh, Jatin 999 Chao, Ally S. 303 Su, Zachary 628 Jeoung, Hannah 301 Thacker, Abhay 741 Chung, Seo-Yeon 457 Sukumar, Naveen C. 830 Lee, Dylan J. 303 Thakker, Sunidhi B. 455 Dai, Andrew W. 300 Tyagi, Mihir 204 Lee, Jiwon 303 Verma, Snehal 303 Dai, Shanglin 303 Vohra, Anura 302 Li, Zhuoyi 741 Wu, Athena I. 457 Das, Pratyush 542 Wang, Cindy X. 302 Wang, Alison A. 999 Xuan, Angela 836 Deo, Rutvik S. 171 Xue, Athena Z. 628 Dihingia, Astriti K. 741 Yang, Alicia FRESNO GRANITE BAY GRANITE BAY H. S. 303 Ghosh, Shounok 300 Zhu, Derek CLOVIS NORTH H. S. 185 Bansal, Dhilan S. 303 Gopal, Neil G. 450 Zhu, Michael W. 450 Akbar, Moaaz 450 Hu, Catherine H. 742 Cao, Scott 430 Chiou, Eugene V. 833 Sturdevant, Alana N. 770 Jou, Cynthia R. JOHN F. KENNEDY H. S. 999 Chien, Kaitlyn A. 200 Wong, Nathan C. 940 Kim, Hae-Min 451 Garg, Pranav 301 Kumar, Richa 520 Kim, Kaitlyn S. 454 George, Daniel 454 Kwon, Yoonji A. 999 Le, Emily H. 161 Kavasseri, Tara B. HACIENDA HEIGHTS 740 Lim, Terrence Edson T. 600 Xie, Tammy CLOVIS WEST H. S. GLEN A. WILSON H. S. 773 Lin, Jessica 160 870 Gruce, Jordan M. Lee, Rocelyn 164 Ma, Anna MISSION SAN JOSE H. S. 451 Hernandez, Riley K. 907 Neervannan, Amala 303 Amin, Maaz HAWTHORNE 000 Nguyen, Brian A. 467 Anjaria, Parth UNIVERSITY H. S. HAWTHORNE MATHEMATICS AND 836 Olsen, Sarah C. 301 Arora, Shreyas 185 Fong, Logan L. SCIENCE ACADEMY 300 Rau, Sarika U. 999 Bielin, Ben 166 Li, Nina 459 Villaroman, Matthew S. 303 Shaik, Zaina 999 Chen, Helen 830 Zhao, Larry 300 Shi, Lisa L. 160 Chen, Iris HAYWARD 000 Shi, Michael B. 000 Chew, Josephine FULLERTON MOREAU CATHOLIC H. S. 600 Srinivas, Amirta 160 Chiu, Carolyn H. SUNNY HILLS H. S. 555 Tsou, Tiffany 908 Tiong, Jadyn E. 999 Chowdhury, Sreetama 200 Hur, Soo Min 999 Zhang, Joanna 743 Cui, Janet 185 Kho, Samuel C. HEALDSBURG 999 Dalmia, Yash 870 Kim, Kaylee E. HEALDSBURG H. S. PORTOLA H. S. 450 Dewan, Era 628 Lee, Cecilia 870 Whitlock, Aidan H. 450 Chen, Jason Y.

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LA CRESCENTA LIVERMORE 455 Savagian, Alexandria E. California (continued) CLARK MAGNET H. S. GRANADA H. S. 700 Steinberg, Julia L. 843 Barrios, Cole B. 999 Dean, Theodore H. 000 Surman, Elizabeth C. 167 Beach, Naomi A. 450 Shu, Andy 303 Chen, Joyee JOHN MARSHALL H. S. 300 Chi, Angelica H. CRESCENTA VALLEY H. S. LIVERMORE H. S. 600 Chang, Hannah 999 Delianedis, Nicholas F. 000 Bullard, Jackson S. 303 Ha, Elliot H. 303 Guynn, Mateo J. 907 Francis, Nishad 628 Kim, Justin S. 900 Iragavarapu, Sai Priyanka S. 000 Guo, Tianxin 990 Lai, Abel C. NEW COVENANT ACADEMY 710 Jang, Joo Young 185 Paik, Sarah S. LOMA LINDA 722 Kim, Gina M. 600 Jung, Esther 773 Summers, Shyla J. LOMA LINDA ACADEMY 628 Qiao, Annie 700 Lee, Karenna E. NEW WEST CHARTER SCHOOL 999 Tang, Stephanie A. LA HABRA 000 Barash, Michael A. 250 Tu, Grace SONORA H. S. LONG BEACH 160 Torro, Marisol Q. 999 Wang, Andrew 162 Cheah, Jonathan P. INTELLECTUAL VIRTUES 160 Zahedi, Dorsa ACADEMY SHALHEVET H. S. 161 Zeng, Xian Lun 168 Seydel, Isaac D. 000 Rubel, Evan S. 990 Zhang, Stephanie LA JOLLA THE BISHOP'S SCHOOL LOS ALAMITOS WINDWARD SCHOOL 999 Ai, Matthew S. TARBUT V'TORAH COMMUNITY LOS ALAMITOS H. S. 520 Pirri, Sofia L. 162 Bender, Andrew J. 000 Fair, Aidan P. 999 Ricanati, Lev A. DAY SCHOOL 209 Cappetta, Rocco M. 741 Berdy, Ilan D. 000 Fredlund, Leela L. 999 Smale, Kara M. 185 Chen, Jasmine J. 000 Kelman, Stephen R. 999 Chen, Julia M. 000 Kubiatko, Katherine LOS GATOS UNIVERSITY H. S. 559 Fan, Michelle 843 Alber, Samuel A. LOS GATOS H. S. 999 Finley, Ryan T. 999 605 Chae, Ji Won LOS ALTOS Katakis, Kayla N. 451 Fogel, Sabrina C. 700 463 Chen, James Y. LOS ALTOS H. S. Kumar, Reya M. 450 Hunter, Meredith J. 451 204 Chen, Joy K. 999 Aaron, Jessica D. Lee, Lauren S. 200 Krishnan, Sarina 970 450 Chen, Sophia Y. 161 Akiyama, Kylie L. Li, Cindy 303 Lee, Ian G. 467 300 Cho, Jeongwon 303 Atluri, Elena J. Lim, Raeshon E. 999 Li, Jessica H. 451 300 Chou, Daniel Y. 303 Borkovic, Isabella McHugh, Liam S. 209 Lobo, Justin R. 999 164 Choudhary, Neel K. 457 Bratt, Owen S. Nguyen, Aubrey L. 906 Shim, Tobey E. 160 904 Du, Dylan 454 Chou, Cassandra C. Rao, Anoushka 301 Sottosanti, Thomas B. 303 700 Fruman, Anna 450 Hejna, Joshua E. Sharma, Mira 870 Xiao, Jamie 218 200 Fukuda, Emily L. 000 Hu, Daniel B. Srinivasan, Naren 254 303 Garde, Aidan A. 303 Huang, Natalie Thomas, Blake J. LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL 450 162 Ghahremani, Sam 904 Huang, Nathan Wong, Christina E. 628 Nair, Nikita 459 Ih, Olivia E. 467 Huang, William J. 463 Ruan, Jiayi 161 Kim, Alexis H. 870 Lee, Cassidy C. LOS OLIVOS 906 Wirtz, Matthew J. 301 Liu, Maxwell S. DUNN SCHOOL 450 Kowshik, Pooja S. 600 Yang, Wendy A. 999 Kroll, Hunter F. 209 Liu, Megan C. 450 Cheng, Xiaotong 185 Lihardo, Kayla J. 302 Machnicki, Kyle A. 303 Liu, Jack X. LA MESA 559 Merchant, Karim A. MALIBU 254 Liu, Katie K. HELIX CHARTER H. S. 454 Mujica, Elena M. MALIBU H. S. 999 Lou, Brian 000 Kuhlken, Zoe A. 843 Salkola, Mikko 450 Mellberg, Maximus J. 712 Lu, Eric 161 Sanjeevan, Riana H. 870 Lu, Tiffany LA PALMA 999 Tiet, Thien-Nha MANHATTAN BEACH 160 McPhie, Katherine JOHN F. KENNEDY H. S. 303 Yu, Oliver K. HOMESCHOOL 742 999 Pangaluru, Preetham Vignesh 454 Hur, Jennifer Yung, Sarah J. 904 Ford, Emily M. 301 999 Singh, Ritik 208 Oh, David Zhu, Michelle Y. 451 Song, Jason MIRA COSTA H. S. 999 Stanford, Casey Q. LOS ALTOS HILLS 999 Fiorito, Alexander G. LA VERNE PINEWOOD SCHOOL 741 Subramaniam, Anivrit BONITA H. S. 303 Qi, Jonathan J. 302 Swanson, Andrew R. 461 Chui, Katherine A. 450 Wong, Nathan C. 160 Li, Peirong 843 Wong, Nyle T. 628 Zhang, Alexander M. MENLO PARK HOMESCHOOL LOS ANGELES 170 Manbeck-Mosig, Dalton WOODBRIDGE H. S. LAFAYETTE 999 Chen, Ziyi ALLIANCE STERN MATH AND ACALANES H. S. SCIENCE SCHOOL 628 Deist, Laura A. MERCED 832 Leones, Demetrios A. 170 Hoang, Ryan L. 836 Soong, Catelynn EL CAPITAN H. S. 999 Mickas, Kara H. 185 Kim, Jun Hyuk 454 Ma, Derrick M. 999 Yao, Yicheng 463 Lee, Ethan THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS 000 Kraus, Stella M. 185 Shon, Rachel H. MERCED H. S. 600 Tram, Michelle T. BENTLEY SCHOOL 999 Chen, David D. 185 Tran, Ryan V. 000 Copeland, Andrew FRANCISCO BRAVO MEDICAL MAGNET H. S. MILL VALLEY LAGUNA BEACH 166 Patel, Ekta M. LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE 742 Patel, Sneh M. TAMALPAIS H. S. FLINTRIDGE PREPARATORY LAGUNA BEACH H. S. 254 Wall-Feng, Benjamin B. SCHOOL 451 Chu, Kenneth 450 Herkins, Kyle BRENTWOOD SCHOOL 000 Detchemendy, Gage P. 000 Bilder, Leopold MILLBRAE 628 Khurana, Maya S. 000 Broukhim, Oliver J. MILLS H. S. 000 McCormick, Charles W. LAGUNA HILLS 000 Muntz, Nicholas Y. 000 Liu, Jeffrey C. 000 Oertel, Emerson LAGUNA HILLS H. S. 999 Weinbach, Mirabelle L. 999 Shure, Sylvie M. 160 Richter, Joshua B. MILPITAS 000 Siskel, Simon D. LOS ANGELES CENTER FOR MILPITAS H. S. LAKE FOREST ENRICHED STUDIES 999 Cho, Vanessa H. FLINTRIDGE SACRED EL TORO H. S. 843 Deering, Vanessa D. 164 Kirmani, Dania HEART ACADEMY 185 Shenthan, Vasheeigaran T. 000 Lin, Lily Y. 303 Lau, Alden T. 185 Manaloto, Katrina P. 167 Tran, Bryan V. 906 Schechter, Noah E. 600 Le, Tran N. 742 Wire, Colin B. 628 Lin, Melanie 200 Malhotra, Ayushi LA CANADA H. S. LAKESIDE 462 Bhaskaran, Sonia A. LOS ANGELES COUNTY H. S. FOR 907 Mulaomerovic, Neval RIVER VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOL 300 Snead, Charles 832 Biskup, Tigerlily M. 201 Brunkow, Alexa N. THE ARTS 600 Bohan Apfeldorf, Max D. 999 Zhao, Pannisy 741 Choi, Delaney G. MISSION VIEJO 999 Finnigan, Shanna L. LANCASTER LOYOLA H. S. CAPISTRANO VALLEY H. S. 870 Garland, Emma C. PARACLETE H. S. 999 Jackson, Jerome M. 303 Kardan, Neil 740 Kawamura, Wren E. 870 Huerta, Mia E. 501 O'Callahan, Conor S. 999 Maltsev, Anthony 628 Kearl, Naomi 451 Soule, Hayden M. 214 Vayser, Tahlia 467 Krider, Stephen J. LARKSPUR 185 Lee, Katie H. REDWOOD H. S. MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL MISSION VIEJO H. S. 501 Shukla, Vinay L. 999 Goodman, Drake A. 553 Arroyo, Isabel E. 450 Gold, Shaun F. 185 Singh, Rohan 467 Oppenheim, Eva 999 Chaskes, Mira 000 Smith, Michael 450 Redmond, Ryan A. 000 Dickerman, Catherine G. TRABUCO HILLS H. S. 451 Yeu, Irene H. 843 Ross, Owen D. 999 Lee, Maya J. 451 Kumar, Anirudh J. 000 Zhao, Daniel 742 Strausbaugh Hjelmsta, Abigail Y. 454 Newsom, Emilynne S. 999 Li, Chloe H.

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NEWHALL 710 Keeling, William R. 999 Jiang, Emma Y. California (continued) WILLIAM S. HART H. S. 999 Kelliher, Charlotte 999 Kao, Jonathan F. 160 Friedler, Justyn M. 720 Letscher, Luke A. 160 Li, Miranda 454 Gooneratne, Grace M. 999 Rosenbaum, Sydney J. 742 Limb, Rebekah Y. MODESTO 907 Solin, Malena 450 Lin, Amy FRED C. BEYER H. S. NEWPORT BEACH 142 Zhang, Ian L. 833 Orr, Emily M. 836 Tallcott, Sophia E. CORONA DEL MAR H. S. 836 Scott, Nathaniel J. 000 Green, Asher R. VILLANOVA PREPARATORY 162 Shi, Jenny Q. JAMES C. ENOCHS H. S. SCHOOL 303 Tan, Caleb C. 902 Currin, Logan J. SAGE HILL SCHOOL 300 DeClerck, Naomi M. 302 Tang, Ivory T. 628 Miao, Eric R. 999 Cai, Jennifer J. 200 Tong, Stephanie Y. 999 Panyanouvong, Nicholas L. 710 Chung, Darcy ORCUTT 000 Tsang, Riley C. 999 Gang, Albert ORCUTT ACADEMY H. S. 946 Xu, Ashley J. MODESTO H. S. 999 Guo, Timothy T. 303 Jin, William 000 Xu, Jeremy T. 185 Thompson, Rachel M. 999 Hosseinzadeh, Ryan A. 300 Yan, Yuzheng 166 Kaneko, Olivia C. ORINDA 950 You, Davis E. MONTROSE 628 Kim, Kayla A. HOMESCHOOL 999 Zhuang, Allison ST. MONICA ACADEMY 836 Kwon, Alexander 742 Schroff, Jeffae C. 950 Decker, Sarah G. 300 Lin, Valentina A. PALO CEDRO 161 Lizarde, Catherine R. 628 Mlouk, Kate R. MIRAMONTE H. S. FOOTHILL H. S. 906 Sajjadian, Amin M. 000 Andrews, Nisha S. 628 Wu, Melody S. MORAGA 164 Walbridge, Jeffrey W. 000 Berg, Caroline A. CAMPOLINDO H. S. 000 Gan, Eric Y. PALOS VERDES ESTATES 000 Johnson, Annika NORTH HILLS 000 Guymon, Sophie M. PALOS VERDES H. S. 000 Kondrich, Lisa M. HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 000 Krochmal, Isabelle K. 999 Dugel, Alexis H. 000 Leach, Anne F. 773 Tan, Joseph D. 000 Lakhotia, Shaili 451 Farrier, Morgan E. 000 Levin, Adina M. 000 Naylor, Leo J. 300 Knoblauch, Bradley M. 000 Morgan, Benjamin K. NORTH HOLLYWOOD 000 Swe, Valerie T. 254 Lai, Phoebe E. 000 Nguyen, Pablo D. CAMPBELL HALL 000 Wang, Lucy 467 Lok, Anton B. 000 Pierrat, Bianca 000 Song, Chris 209 Munro, Sophie C. 000 Wang, Isabel J. PACIFIC GROVE 700 Steman, Samantha R. 000 Zhang, Catherine NORTH HOLLYWOOD H. S. PACIFIC GROVE H. S. 619 Ahmed, Farah P. 450 Chowdhury, Mitali PALOS VERDES PENINSULA MORGAN HILL 450 Cho, Sean 169 Hays, Delson CHADWICK SCHOOL LIVE OAK H. S. 830 Dong, Hannah J. 209 Breus, Cooper S. 201 Squires, Emma M. 773 Jin, Emily PACIFIC PALISADES 628 Chung, Hyun Yee 301 Kannan, Kathiravan PALISADES CHARTER H. S. 999 Elliott, Mia C. OAKWOOD SCHOOL 560 Kim, Patrick J. 303 Jang, Brian Y. 520 Elliott, Paige C. 457 Kornelsen, Nolan K. 301 Lee, Isabel J. 254 Kerkorian, Ava C. 454 Handler, Julian E. 300 Pabla, Jashan S. 999 O'Connor, Christine C. 999 Kim, Alice J. 999 Heisler, Jacob E. 170 Rajhans, Abhas 710 Pisharody, Siddharth P. 999 Kim, Nicole J. 204 Jeong, Jacob 970 Xu, James J. 712 Rozen, Ari S. 999 Law, Isaac S. 943 Kim, Ryan B. 770 Xie, Cindy J. 970 Lehman, Jonathan M. 999 Ranparia, Valmik D. ANN SOBRATO H. S. 843 Scott, Tobias H. 166 Lam, Myan OAKWOOD SCHOOL PASADENA 999 Tran, Dean H. 999 Mostow, Sarah R. PALO ALTO LA SALLE H. S. CASTILLEJA SCHOOL 303 Tam, Lance L. MOUNTAIN VIEW NOVATO 303 Migdal, Eliza GERMAN INTERNATIONAL NOVATO H. S. 214 Wang, Suzanna MARANATHA H. S. SCHOOL OF SILICON VALLEY 627 Krejdovsky, Camille J. 455 Purnomo, Justin C. 830 Zhuromskyy, Paul A. 740 Park, Nikita S. HENRY M. GUNN H. S. 870 Wu, Samantha T. 160 Chandra, Rishi 999 Wu, Sara S. MOUNTAIN VIEW H. S. SAN MARIN H. S. 900 Cheng, Claire 300 Ashby, Jack U. 970 Wang, Cais M. 501 Chu, Elaine POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL 561 Blalack, Kayla A. 870 Williams, Emma F. 946 Fong, Nelea K. 000 Deschenes, Michael N. 740 Chen, Karina E. 303 Goel, Swati 999 Hashimoto, Caroline M. 303 Chen, Zachary C. OAKLAND 300 Han, Aileen 907 Hershman, Jordan D. 204 Kim, Alex J. COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL 160 Ho, Matthew S. 300 Perrochon, Arielle S. 000 Detre, Isabel M. 303 Hou, Cathy WESTRIDGE SCHOOL 000 999 Shenoy, Nakul Helton, Hanako J. 830 Hsu, Ryan M. 000 Dong, Elisa 000 161 Temme, William D. Ilfeld, Adin E. 870 Huang, Annie 000 Owen, Reese A. 000 200 Tseng, Matthew H. Jammula, Rohit 301 Kau, Elliott 000 Sadda, Jaya R. 000 Jiang, Andrew 999 Kwon, Allison 000 Soldner-Garcia, Leah ST. FRANCIS H. S. 000 Lehmann Duke, Jacob 950 Lee, Peyton M. 454 Aatresh, Aishani V. 000 Miller, Emily Z. 741 Liu, Caroline 000 Peale, William B. PASO ROBLES 459 Aranyosi, Mate 467 Makler, Theodore C. PASO ROBLES H. S. 454 Chu, Katelyn L. 000 Prabandham, Manu 209 Marghescu, Erica L. 456 Hunt, Jeremy 630 Cornillon, Antonin B. 000 Riskin-Kutz, Madeleine J. 204 Mei, Joshua Z. 740 Deolalikar, Rohil 000 Tooper, Nicole K. 854 Oh, Mina K. 999 Gao, Sarah Y. 000 Wei, Grace 303 Parulekar, Mallika PEBBLE BEACH 300 Ghatare, Adishree S. 000 Yang, David 904 Qu, Daniel Z. STEVENSON SCHOOL 999 Huang, Wynna Z. 743 Ren, Eric R. 300 Chung, Yeonoo B. 870 Imai, Seiji N. HEAD - ROYCE SCHOOL 870 Roake, Juliette E. 211 Gu, Catherine 303 Jain, Rithik 000 Brakeman, Amzie S. 999 Rosenzweig, Callie V. 166 Orias, Holden E. 170 Joshi, Aarjav J. 000 Chin, Phillip L. 303 Seligman, Oren 999 Zhang, Wanlin 894 Kannan, Maya L. 303 Haas, Isabel A. 303 Smith, Nicole U. 185 Zhang, Yutong 253 Kawahara, Ryan J. 000 Jutamulia, Elaine C. 000 Tao, Miranda 907 Li, Michelle 999 Kayari, Lauren N. 302 Wang, Andy PIEDMONT 740 Li, Tiffany Z. 000 Rosen, Elizabeth G. 999 Wang, Brandon T. PIEDMONT H. S. 000 Liu, Arron R. 164 Sozat, Alp K. 303 Wang, Jessica 252 Cheung, Francisco C. 300 Maheriya, Ashvatth K. 000 Wogan, Aiden P. 300 Yin, Jonathan 628 Costello, Amelia C. 160 Moy, Nathan L. 628 Yu, Isabella 883 Ferraro, Jaden C. 301 Natarajan, Anirudh M. OAKLAND TECHNICAL H. S. 628 Yu, Miranda J. 907 Nguyen, Arianne 999 Ryan, Oscar F. 628 Yuen, Ethan H. PLACENTIA 450 Popescu, Stefan 300 Zamir, Guy M. EL DORADO H. S. 743 Quan, Matthew A. SKYLINE H. S. 628 Zhao, Manya 907 Bladow, Colby E. 303 Sharma, Avya 999 Wikstrom, Eleanor Mary V. 454 Vinod, Kavitha M. PALO ALTO H. S. VALENCIA H. S. OCEANSIDE 999 Athayde, Joshua A. 185 Ahmed, Adila NEWBURY PARK MISSION VISTA H. S. 300 Banwasi, Anuva 459 Bang, Rachel Y. NEWBURY PARK H. S. 185 Krause, Peter W. 830 Brand, Kayla 162 Chen, Andrea 501 Choi, Steven Y. 302 Chang, Olivia Z. 300 Choe, Hailey H. 999 Gong, Brendon OJAI 999 Chen, Annie Y. 459 Khou, Justin 300 Juan, Nathan T. THE THACHER SCHOOL 456 Douglas, Kai J. 204 Kim, Frank 160 Moffit, Mackenzie 000 Dunne, Ian M. 000 Feitzinger, Allyse K. 628 Kim, Nathan K. 461 Mohandas, Archana A. 950 Geyer, John C. 000 Giovangrandi, Thomas 999 Min, Stephen L. 999 Nagorsen, Mikkel D. 999 Harding, William 000 Guo, Ashley J. 301 Prabaharan, Janani L.

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162 Liu, Nathan K. TECHNOLOGY H. S. 999 Tsai, Kayleah S. California (continued) 740 Siegersma, Jacob R. 301 Jenkins, Travis J. 710 Zhang, Kristyn M. 999 Tan, Amy J. 303 Zhulin, Maxim ROLLING HILLS ESTATES PLACERVILLE RANCHO CUCAMONGA H. S. PALOS VERDES PENINSULA H. S. SAN CLEMENTE OCEAN GROVE CHARTER SCHOOL 628 Sayat, Lauren R. 463 Alimento, Ryan E. SAN CLEMENTE H. S. 559 Ong, Julia J. 678 Anand, Suraj K. 168 Burick, Sophia A. RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA 904 Bae, Joshua S. 771 Cassidy, Kayleigh R. PLEASANT HILL SANTA MARGARITA 160 Channell, Catherine I. 167 Gabriel, Kristin L. COLLEGE PARK H. S. CATHOLIC H. S. 161 Cho, Yeji 451 Kilcoin, Ryan D. 000 Biddiscombe, Erin E. 160 Foltz, Zachary M. SAN DIEGO 162 Morehead, Andrew M. 000 Bonin, Brett E. 999 Hasama, Evelyn H. ACADEMY OF OUR LADY 000 Bonin, Calli S. 999 Hasama, Summer M. OF PEACE PLEASANTON 000 Cheung, Jordan 999 Jalan, Arpit 000 Fowler, Annabelle AMADOR VALLEY H. S. 520 Crafts, Claire P. 629 Kim, Charley C. 454 Ayyagari, Ramya 000 Endraws, Daniel P. 204 Kumar, Sanjay A. CANYON CREST ACADEMY 450 Bhaskar, Aditya T. 000 Weeks, Ashley D. 999 Masuda, Emily M. 000 Abbot, Esme E. 999 Chen, Brian 450 Oh, Hanser K. 000 Arnold, Katherine R. 303 Dawit, Kaleb H. TESORO H. S. 450 Ro, Ethan C. 000 Bertrand, Quentin C. 162 Sims, Nicholas L. 000 Garg, Arnav 700 Chun, Joseph B. 000 Burns, Amelia H. 204 Syal, Casey 000 Geng, Carolyne 710 Fessler, Elizabeth G. 000 Cao, Yuan 161 Syed, Mishal Imaan 000 Green, Sarah E. 171 Li, Yi-Ann C. 000 Chang, Katherine M. 999 Yoo, Alexandra J. 000 Gupta, Anjali 628 Rao, Emily D. 000 Chen, Connie 171 Zhang, Elizabeth Y. 000 Kalavacherla, Sruthi 303 Wu, Darren M. 000 Chen, Grace 628 Kallingal, Shreyas G. 160 Wu, Jackie X. 000 Chen, Sean S. 300 Keerthipati, Vikranth V. 303 Xiang, Sophia T. ROSEVILLE 000 Cheng, April Q. 218 Kim, Jacob C. 302 Zheng, Tianyi HOMESCHOOL 000 Cheng, Carl 455 Lee, Jessica S. 950 Baird, Joanna H. 000 Choudhari, Rene 502 Boyum, Joshua A. 000 Leong, Javan REDDING 000 Doshi, Shefali 000 Li, David C. 000 Elarabawy, Adham A. HOMESCHOOL ROSEVILLE H. S. 000 Li, Jeremy Z. 555 Ho, Laura K. 000 Feng, Andrew T. 000 Li, Mona 741 True, Parker D. 000 Fox, Eleanor A. 000 Limaye, Sayli REDLANDS 000 Gao, Emily Y. 000 Luan, Jessica WOODCREEK H. S. 000 Ghattas Smith, Conrad S. REDLANDS EAST VALLEY H. S. 000 Mehta, Aditya 160 Rao, Adithi S. 000 Guo, Elaine J. 000 Sohn, Elizabeth J. 000 Mei, Jennifer M. 000 Hsieh, Patricia 000 Munukutla, Srikar A. ROSS 000 Hu, Evan S. 000 Rong, Clara C. REDLANDS H. S. BRANSON SCHOOL 000 Huang, Enoch I. 000 Saxena, Parth 162 Lee, Jonathan S. 214 Fletcher, Charlotte R. 000 Huynh, Wei-Shan 000 Su, Derica J. 459 Philip, Tristan M. 160 Golden, Adriana E. 000 Jung, Erika 630 Tam, Christopher G. 999 Tilton-Low, George P. 000 Kang, Gabrielle Y. 000 Thomas, Evan D. REDONDO BEACH 160 Wangenheim, Emily A. 000 Kanodia, Arnav V. 999 Wu, Richard H. REDONDO UNION H. S. 000 Kim, Elise A. 300 Wu, William M. 160 Chakladar, Sundeep ROWLAND HEIGHTS 000 Krueger, Emily M. 870 Yang, Gina 121 Rebentisch, Vanessa JOHN A. ROWLAND H. S. 000 Lee, Jangwoo 463 Yang, Lucas G. 999 Chang, Milo 000 Lee, Joshua J. 455 Youn, Junga REDWOOD CITY 833 Hsu, Ethan 000 Leychkis, Daniel E. 162 Yuan, Justine DESIGN TECH H. S. 000 Madhukara, Rachana 629 Zhang, Michael 000 Liu, Brandon J. SACRAMENTO 000 Mallery, Finley F. 300 Zhong, Kathy 000 McHugo, Jocelyn S. BRADSHAW CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 000 Morris, Eli H. 301 Shedd, Ethan H. 161 Nguyen, Ryan A. 000 Namkung, Soobin FOOTHILL H. S. 000 Neelappa, David M. 628 Chen, Alexander SEQUOIA H. S. HOMESCHOOL 000 Nilipour, Andy N. 742 Earle, Elizabeth L. 000 Fischer, Charlotte 559 Hsu, Grace J. 000 Picker, Julia L. 450 Goebel, Thomas B. 000 Simon, Michael L. 000 Peralta-Rawson, Roxana P. 000 Pollner, Alina V. 467 House, Braedon A. 000 Pusateri, Luke M. 522 Huang, Andrew X. JOHN F. KENNEDY H. S. 000 Singhal, Varun R. 907 Kapai, Anika K. RESEDA 160 Jhawar, Rohit 000 Song, Mabel 712 Lee, Allison S. CLEVELAND H. S. 000 Song, Raymond Y. 455 301 Natarajan, Nandhan Chavez-Matul, Jhon C. C. K. MC CLATCHY H. S. 000 Sur, Mira A. 201 000 Nguyen, Vivian King, Christine P. 451 Dean, Jacob O. 000 Tian, Andrew Z. 900 164 Panwar, Sonya A. Yang, Kiwon R. 000 Tsai, Devin M. 467 Prakash, Tarun MIRA LOMA H. S. 000 Wang, Catherine 830 Ren, Alex J. RICHMOND 160 Karayi, Gnaneswari 000 Wang, Elaine M. 682 Seo, Allen HOMESCHOOL 843 Qin, Albert W. 000 Wang, Justin T. 303 Shen, Alex J. 999 Thein, May S. 000 Srinivasan, Anjali R. 000 Wang, Kaitlyn M. 870 Sinha, Sana V. 161 Srinivasan, Anusha R. 628 Wooden, Christina M. 710 Stacey, Carina C. RIDGECREST 741 Wang, Alexander Y. 000 Xiong, Samuel Z. 175 Su, Ying-Li SHERMAN E. BURROUGHS H. S. 000 Xu, Eric Y. 520 Wang, Lindsay Z. 000 Murphree, Andrea M. NATOMAS CHARTER SCHOOL 000 Yan, Sonia S. 942 Wang, Zhaojia J. 999 Segura-Moon, Brennan 000 Yao, Derrick Z. 171 Xu, Warren X. RIVERSIDE 000 Zhang, Faith 999 Xue, David S. MARTIN LUTHER KING H. S. RIO AMERICANO H. S. 000 Zhang, Wesley 843 Yao, Alan 833 Bardeen, Owen J. 743 Westover, Davis E. 000 Zhao, Steven Y. 450 Yeung, Austin C. 830 Koh, Edward W. 712 Zhu, Michael S. 628 Shon, Hanna SACRAMENTO COUNTRY CATHEDRAL CATHOLIC H. S. DAY SCHOOL 470 Hallinan, Aidan M. POMONA JOHN W. NORTH H. S. 214 Barnard-Bahn, Larkin C. 467 Nash, Nathan S. INTERNATIONAL 999 Cui, Audrey L. 999 Krishnan, Anuradha 451 Paul, Daniel J. POLYTECHNIC H. S. 999 Wilson, Maxwell C. 946 Wu, Christian Y. ST. FRANCIS H. S. RIVERSIDE STEM ACADEMY 302 Grehm, Hannah E. 836 Lee, Michael DEL NORTE H. S. PORTOLA VALLEY 999 Kim, Lauren 605 Aslam-Mir, Ayesha S. WOODSIDE PRIORY SCHOOL 160 Babu, Priyanka N. WOODCREST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 301 Schmulbach, Viansa A. SAN ANSELMO 121 Basmatkar, Mansi 000 Whitehouse, Ella C. SIR FRANCIS DRAKE H. S. 160 Dogra, Arushi POWAY 160 Brisco-Schofield, Ariana T. 999 Du, Julia POWAY H. S. ROCKLIN 461 Duggirala, Sravani R. 999 Downs, Katherine L. ROCKLIN H. S. SAN BERNARDINO 162 Feng, Ellie 000 Middelberg, Nicholas J. 836 Chan, Ethan P. OAK PARK H. S. 300 Gao, Lucy 520 Rios Brady, Diego W. 451 Turner, Nicholas A. 451 Adicherla, Rithwik M. 520 Gunawan, Hazelle E. 467 Salamy, Joseph L. 455 Vijay, Mridini 459 Aggarwal, Dhruv N. 542 Huynh, Vivian Y. 628 Wakayama, Christine A. 999 Zhang, Stephanie Y. 185 Chen, Yixuan 999 Iter, Michael J. 302 Fernandez, Luca C. 600 Ke, Kyle N. RANCHO CUCAMONGA ROHNERT PARK 160 Gaspar, James C. 303 Khandelwal, Priya LOS OSOS H. S. CREDO H. S. 682 Lin, Rachel H. 303 Mittal, Rupin 773 Dingle, James 901 Kaplan-Kinsey, Esme P. 628 Mahmood, Shayan 906 Mousa, Nora A.

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450 Mehndiratta, Raghav BELLARMINE COLLEGE 467 Sonecha, Rohan R. California (continued) 451 Olim, Ethan R. PREPARATORY 168 Sudeep, Nathan 302 Ryu, Daniel H. 628 Behal, Aditya 454 Tang, Christine T. 161 Schwartz, Shahar 209 Bhau, Arnav N. 204 Tang, Michael 843 Nienstedt, John E. 000 Song, Junu 450 Bridges, Anson G. 894 Tiwari, Anika 164 Park, Chan H. 904 Venkateswaran, Rohan 160 Chiruvolu, Tarun 160 Tonev, Nellie C. 303 Patil, Pranav 904 Wang, Andrea 999 Dwivedula, Akshaj 999 Tuan, Jin 209 Shahid, Nabeel 303 Watwani, Arav 300 Garlepp, Justin B. 710 Uyanik, Nerine X. 209 Stratton, Andrew R. 999 Wu, Leon 204 Garrow, James P. 218 Vakath, Zara 175 Sundar, Keerthana 501 Xia, William Y. 451 Gnibus, John M. 833 Wang, Bryan 162 Thokachichu, Pranav S. 160 Zhang, Danqi 204 Gonzalez, Jacob D. 999 Wang, Nathan D. 162 Vora, Manasvi H. 999 Zhang, Steven 303 Gupta, Aditya 999 Xu, Anthony Y. 628 Wang, Andrew F. 457 Zou, William J. 821 Kim, Yun Jae 999 Yang, Jacqueline O. 303 Wang, Brandon 450 Kothari, Anuj S. 999 Yang, Jeffrey 360 Wu, Skyler SAN FRANCISCO 720 Lai, Sherwin 999 Xu, Helen BAY SCHOOL 300 Ma, Marcus J. HOMESCHOOL 160 Zhou, Evan Y. 742 DeSchepper, Leila B. 300 Menezes, Tanay 999 Ahmed, Juwayria A. 300 Nazai, Matthew A. 000 Arumugham, Nathan PATRICK HENRY H. S. INTERNATIONAL H. S. 171 Patel, Shaan S. 000 Nguyen, Truc T. 772 Pickering, Matthew 600 Phan, Matthew K. INDEPENDENCE H. S. 300 Vishwarupe, Jay S. 204 Lin, Tiersha HOMESCHOOL LICK - WILMERDING H. S. 461 Zhu, Daniel C. 303 Grant, Benjamin J. BRANHAM H. S. LEIGH H. S. 160 Martin, Julia D. 000 Ahmed, Aaron R. 121 Chaudhary, Kaden S. MIRA MESA H. S. 999 Yee, Evan K. 169 Deans, William A. 712 Kavaldjiev, Alexander D. 628 Mina, Ruzenell Jessica A. 000 Jayamohan, Alisha R. 300 Kim, Kevin LOWELL H. S. 162 Nguyen, Khanh P. 450 Peng, Phillip L. MOUNT CARMEL H. S. 999 Chen, Jessica 870 Song, Grace K. 600 Gregg, Kendra 999 Chew, Madeline K. EVERGREEN VALLEY H. S. 164 Thomas, Isabel 000 Kim, Isaiah H. 999 Deng, Zachary R. 600 Arunarthi, Megana 906 Zhang, Ashley 603 Fuchs, Audrey A. 161 Chariyamane, Amogh L. FRANCIS W. PARKER SCHOOL 999 Huynh, Dylan V. 628 Do, Justin H. LELAND H. S. 999 Duncan, Connor M. 999 Jang, Nicole G. 162 Eng, Kanta T. 465 Chang, Esther A. 185 MacDonald, Kainoa R. 999 Lee, Isabella 999 Gandham, Rishi K. 166 Dadala, Rhema A. 160 Murray, William T. 999 Lee, Man Ching Cindy 999 Guggilla, Nidhir 303 Fu, Erica W. 904 Murthy, Pallavi 999 Li, Lucian 628 Karunakaran, Simrithaa L. 301 Ho, Truc C. 160 Rowlings, Caitlin E. 999 Peng, Alexander 451 Kim, Andrew H. 185 Iyer, Rishab S. 300 Sariowan, Nathan C. 999 Sima, Andrew F. 000 Liu, Henry 200 Jiang, Joyanna F. 459 Sutilovic, Teodora 301 Mahalingam, Sashwat 204 Kansal, Anusha RANCHO BERNARDO H. S. 160 Yu, Yuan James M. 162 Nguyen, Amanda V. 301 Krishnan, Sidhart 907 Chaudhari, Sanica 185 Sreekumar, Niyathi 161 Li, Catherine S. 710 Dinov, Victoria K. PROOF SCHOOL 904 Srinivasan, Ragini 160 Lingunis, Chris A. 870 Rashid, Sakina F. 999 Magaro, Annika K. 000 Srivastava, Rushil 300 Lo, Grace 164 Tran, Sandy T. 000 Michael, Alexander M. 185 Yao, Leslie 501 Man, Daniel 542 Zeng, Daniel 700 Sagerman, Aiden F. 160 Zhang, Serena 773 Pang, Ethan 740 Sy, Jonathan J. 999 Zhu, Sophie J. 904 Rafizadeh, Adrian A. SAN DIEGO MET H. S. 301 Zhang, Oliver 628 Ranjan, Rashi 833 Knight, Rory S. THE HARKER SCHOOL 200 Ransing, Sarah K. SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY H. S. 000 Acharyya, Prerana 218 Shao, Ruoxuan J. 160 Sher, Emily SCRIPPS RANCH H. S. 836 Burnett, Robert A. 999 Bahri, Jai 836 Somani, Anish 160 Choudhary, Ashvin 999 Fischer, Sebastian C. 303 Bajaj, Nakul 451 Sundaram, Anish 161 Gu, Albert 303 Holdridge, Tulasi 164 Bourdev, Martin L. 457 Wang, Alexander 999 Lee, Samuel C. 000 Paul, Devan K. 175 Chen, Katelyn 457 Wang, Dennis 300 Liu, Frederick 303 Sze, Christina J. 999 Cheng, Evan 455 Mikami, Ryan T. 999 Cheplyansky, Andrew 200 Wang, Tiffany J. 999 Mossuto, Samantha 301 Xing, Kathy Y. ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE 999 Cherukuri, Rohan 303 Ngo, Jeremy 943 Zhang, Zixiao PREPARATORY SCHOOL 501 Clark, Quentin T. 160 Patel, Priya D. 907 Zhou, Amy Y. 164 Veit, Owen R. 999 Dange, Rishi 628 Sanigepalli, Shravya 204 Zhou, Isabel 303 Zhong, Dennis 907 Fang, Eric B. 999 Shah, Mahek 250 Fang, Kathy 209 Tu, Jason H. 904 Feng, David R. ABRAHAM LINCOLN H. S. 740 Yu-Swanson, Kyla Q. URBAN SCHOOL 300 Frankis, Finn D. 162 Le, Jonathan 500 Denton, William T. 628 Fu, Lauren 170 ST. AUGUSTINE H. S. Olin, Loki 553 Fung, Jeffrey E. LYNBROOK H. S. 200 454 Shang, Zisheng Peterson, Grant R. 999 Gorman, Lila C. 000 Abiram, Maya V. 162 Guo, Ellen K. 000 Acharya, Raka B. TORREY PINES H. S. SAN GABRIEL 140 Halepete, Mahika 000 Aggarwal, Akhil 833 Catz Johnson, Kaia S. GABRIELINO H. S. 204 Han, Phillip 000 Agrawal, Aashmi 920 Dai, Haozhen 161 Li, Brandon Y. 303 Huang, Alyssa J. 000 Ahn, Sunhoo 906 De Oliveira, Beatriz C. 466 Huynh, Madison B. 000 Anand, Sathvika L. 892 Demenko, Vlada A. SAN JOSE 303 Iyer, Rashmi S. 000 Bi, Julia 904 Freedman, James A. BASIS INDEPENDENT 301 Jain, Sahil 000 Cheng, James 185 Gandhi, Rhea N. SILICON VALLEY 454 Jia, Allison S. 000 Chikkareddy, Anisha 204 Hong, Dennis S. 999 Bachman, Ariel H. 160 Jiang, Jessica Y. 000 Chiu, Jeremy 303 Huang, Jerry Y. 185 Chen, Stephanie 999 Jin, Matthew Y. 000 Doshi, Arnav M. 450 Jung, Allison 360 Chiu, Isabelle 999 Ju, Annabelle 000 Ganesh, Raghav 999 Kim, Daniel Y. 501 Duddi, Khushi 303 Kalsi, Montek S. 904 Guan, Sunny 741 Kosakoff, Jake M. 454 Guliam, Anagha V. 999 Kapadia, Naviya A. 000 Hargunani, Kareena 628 Lu, Jonathan X. 303 He, Amy 301 Kohli, Jatin P. 000 Hargunani, Kirti 000 Mohebbi, Shadi M. 204 Huang, Grace W. 999 Kwan, Jeffrey 000 Jani, Aayushi H. 000 Nalabolu, Sumith R. 710 Khanzode, Mitali V. 999 Lamba, Shyl 000 Kadiyala, Pranav 000 Readey, Elizabeth M. 833 Kim, Diane 303 Lee, Max A. 000 Krishnan, Tanvi 600 Shinkre, Rohan R. 168 Lin, Tianyi 303 Li, Eileen Q. 000 Ku, Kleo U. 162 Zhang, Aidan 300 Lu, Colin Y. 000 Li, Kyle J. 000 Kuo, Shannon 302 Pan, William 303 Liu, Emily Z. 000 Laud, Vibhav A. WESTVIEW H. S. 870 Pei, Rebecca G. 161 Lu, Carolyn W. 000 Leung, Eunice F. 303 Chen, Richard D. 303 Rangnekar, Priti R. 999 Mohindra, Vani 000 Peng, Larry L. 301 Chowdhuri, Sauhaarda 451 Sharma, Adit 836 Narayanan, Kalyan 000 Pugh, Michelle S. 000 Chu, Nabeen 164 Sharma, Ravit 773 Nori, Rakesh S. 000 Sairam, Amudha 450 Ho, Brandon 185 Shetty, Neha H. 999 Pandey, Sana 185 Satriya, Nathaniel 999 Huang, David Z. 628 Singh, Eesha 204 Pearce, Jack S. 463 Semersky, Natalie L. 999 Jiang, Sabrina 162 Sun, Stephanie J. 741 Rainow, Thomas E. 185 Shao, Madeline W. 000 Jung, Daniel T. 999 Vandalore, Abhinand N. 303 Rajasekharan, Sanjay 000 Shen, Victor 185 Kim, Elise K. 999 Wang, Mingyang 999 Rashingkar, Amla V. 000 Sheth, Kunal S. 301 Liu, Jeffrey Z. 308 Yeh, Alice 303 Ravuri, Chaitanya 999 Shih, Elissa 450 Lu, Jiajun K. 999 Zhang, Ivyla 999 Shah, Sachin N. 833 Shrivastava, Riya 164 Luo, Carina J. 457 Zheng, Anthony H. 303 Sharma, Nikhil 000 Tai, Aaron K.

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WILLOW GLEN H. S. 906 Gao, Jocelyn Y. 303 Kini, Medha U. California (continued) 450 Paredes-Kao, Jacqueline Y. 710 Hoang, Megan N. 947 Tanaka, Mia C. 450 Lin, Kendra T. 300 Tantry, Vibha SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO 303 Liu, Chris 185 Ravi, Pon Varshini 000 Tung, Joyce CAPISTRANO CONNECTIONS ADRIAN C. WILCOX H. S. 303 Yi, Emily 162 000 Upadhyay, Medha ACADEMY Kabra, Mahi 999 948 Wang, Katherine Z. 454 Mallya, Samir J. Kononova, Sasha 185 000 Xu, Cindy DOUGHERTY VALLEY H. S. Lee, Jasmine M. 999 000 Xue, Aileen CAPISTRANO VALLEY 501 Baronia, Ruchir Nguyen, Angelyn N. 999 000 Zheng, David CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS 168 Bathwal, Meera Yerramaneni, Sanjana 000 Zong, William 000 Sears, Joshua D. 204 Bhattacharya, Esha 185 Bohra, Oce SANTA CLARITA SAN JUAN HILLS H. S. 501 Chakka, Akash ACADEMY OF THE CANYONS ARCHBISHOP MITTY H. S. 999 Tonai, Jessica K. 999 Chemparathy, Anugrah G. 628 Chamling, Susan M. 999 Balusu, Shreya S. 999 Deng, Steven Z. 167 Kim, Daniel I. 457 Chaudhary, Aryan ST. MARGARET'S EPISCOPAL 303 Fang, Kevin 454 Vaish, Dhruv 450 Genevriere, Hugo SCHOOL 303 Garg, Anika 303 Hegde, Nihar P. 000 Burke, Logan 450 Gubbala, Sriharsha S. GOLDEN VALLEY H. S. 628 Joseph, Sanjit M. 000 Hughes, Thomas D. 742 Guo, Derek 454 Rozi, Erik 836 Kim, Daniel D. 500 Gupta, Archit 455 Lahiri, Arushi SAN LEANDRO 999 Han, Michael J. SANTA CRUZ 906 Lee, Jonghyuk SAN LEANDRO H. S. 160 Huang, Ethan K. HOMESCHOOL 303 Narayanasamy, Bharat 999 Oliva, Emilia M. 907 Huang, Jennifer Y. 301 Watts, Morgan A. 628 Park, Chaelee 303 Jerome, Sherwin J. 772 Park, Joanne J. SAN LORENZO 948 Jotwani, Asha 904 Park, Joonhee GEORGIANA BRUCE KIRBY KIPP KING COLLEGIATE H. S. 301 Kadiyala, Avinash 303 Satyadeep, Aditya PREPARATORY SCHOOL 999 Hall, Gabriella M. 459 Kang, Jun Woo 000 600 Wong, Audrey A. Melcher, Margaret S. 214 Yan, Jialiang 303 Kaparaboyna, Rahul 501 Zhang, Eric 628 Kim, Matthew S. 303 Zhou, Andy SANTA CRUZ H. S. SAN LUIS OBISPO 999 Kim, Sarah K. 999 Camakaka, Fiona SAN LUIS OBISPO H. S. 999 Kotadia, Rahi 461 Fairlie, Jessica NOTRE DAME H. S. 907 New-Schmidt, Addie D. 185 Kotha, Sanjana 303 Gilbert, Elias B. 214 Chang, Annie T. 214 Ku, Erin Y. 948 Liem, Sage L. 999 Luong, Kayla SAN MARCOS 883 Kuang, Vivian 999 Qing, Nicole R. 185 Ponna, Srija SAN MARCOS H. S. 185 Kulkarni, Shruti 000 Sridhar, Shruti 160 Murray, Haylie N. 168 Kumaravel, Kavin SANTA MONICA 302 Yu, Katelyn S. 904 Yeh, Patrick S. 300 Kwon, Brian CROSSROADS SCHOOL 500 Lee, Justin 740 Mancia, Celeste PIEDMONT HILLS H. S. SAN MARINO 999 Ley, Kelsey E. 185 Ding, Charles SAN MARINO H. S. 303 Lin, Timber S. SANTA MONICA H. S. 628 Nguyen, Thomas L. 606 Chen, Nicole 164 Liu, Andi Willow 000 Evans, Rex A. 459 Ramamoorthy, Karthik 559 Chu, Brian 999 Mankude, Akash H. 742 Kerekes, Weston R. 501 Sachdeva, Guneet 200 Deng, Derek 161 Maram, Anish R. 907 Neville, Ireland M. 200 Shan, Grace 740 Hassibi, Kimia 501 Nieva, Matthew C. 843 Sasaki, Matthew W. 162 Ton, Kathy N. 185 Phung, Alain 999 Niu, Anna F. 000 Sasaki, Samuel W. 161 Zu, Jenny 520 Slocum, Ava E. 120 Oak, Puja 950 Stern, Lily P. 162 Sun, Andy J. 451 Ocampo, Isabelle D. 628 Vigman, Michael PIONEER H. S. 000 Tran, Connie 467 Park, Taeyun 214 Williams, Kiana M. 450 Kwak, Grace J. 607 Wang, Ethan B. 161 Pillai, Achyuth U. 200 Zhu, Jessica J. 161 Rajkumar, Jeevan SANTA ROSA SAN MATEO 741 Ramadas, Sai MARIA CARRILLO H. S. 455 Rao, Avinash U. ARAGON H. S. 999 Huang, Michelle J. PRESENTATION H. S. 303 Rasool, Farhaan 161 Chao, Cindy 162 Moessing, Audrey 600 Ahlschlager, Alexandra V. 999 Sara, Manas 160 Cismoski, Sabine 300 Ghosh, Anusha 302 Sara, Manoj 303 Duan, Daniel CARDINAL NEWMAN H. S. 463 Janapaty, Shloka V. 501 Senthil, Vasanth 185 Fang, Shirleen 171 Sorensen, Grace C. 459 Klair, Gurmehr 000 Sharma, Rohit 303 Guo, Derek 628 Maria, Amirtha 163 Shen, Daniel 161 Hao, Albert SANTA ROSA H. S. 454 Nawathe, Ria U. 628 Singh, Savraj 628 Hou, Samantha 000 Simon, Emma J. 450 Nawathe, Tanaya U. 160 Srinivas, Advika N. 303 Im, Justin 300 Paramesh, Rithu 450 Stiles, Nicole C. 700 Lee, Franklin 450 Subramanian, Shasta SARATOGA 455 Liu, Janet SANTA TERESA H. S. 999 Sun, Lauria T. PROSPECT H. S. 166 Tamsil, Josephine 167 Flores, Isabel R. 999 Sun, Nina 741 Agarwal, Shreya 303 Xu, Kai 501 Pu, Kyle Z. 600 Thummala, Tanvi 214 Thakur, Akshay N. 162 Yang, Kevin 843 Wells, Tian M. 740 Tran, Noah S. SARATOGA H. S. THE NUEVA SCHOOL 908 Wang, Chilsea J. 773 Wang, John R. 185 Ahmad, Eman A. SILVER CREEK H. S. 000 Cavet, Amy S. 950 Wang, Michelle V. 999 Bharathi, Bhrugu 743 Malyala, Saketh 000 Groshong, Tyler L. 303 Wangoo, Abhigya 710 Bhat, Surbhi 162 Nguyen, Brian T. 000 Howard, Noah G. 628 Yang, Elaine L. 204 Bian, George C. 000 Kao, Steven 301 Yang, Janice H. 628 Cao, Leo H. UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY 000 Kim, Chloe J. 628 Zhang, Helen J. 450 Chan, Adrienne B. ACADEMY 000 Lee, Benjamin H. 160 Zhong, Ada 771 Chandrasekher, Kiran A. 501 Jaison, Joel 000 Patel, Nikhil H. 451 Chen, Allen Y. 300 Janse, Aaron M. 000 Poon, Tyler S. SANTA ANA 999 Hong, Jason 303 Tibrewal, Rohan 000 Suresh, Nikhil 100 Hsu, Bradley FOOTHILL H. S. 000 Vassallo, Merritt J. 303 Jain, Rishi R. 204 Thayer, Michael K. VALLEY CHRISTIAN H. S. 000 Zhou, Austin L. 301 Jiang, Anthony 628 Chiang, Nicholas P. 628 Kalra, Riya K. 820 Dai, Vivian SAN MATEO H. S. ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF 300 Kim, Sabrina H. 742 Jeyappragash, Ananya 773 Kreindler, Uri THE ARTS 301 Krishnamurthi, Ujjwal 712 Kanani, Ria H. 161 Lo, Kevin 700 Efthymiou, Cassia M. 946 Kuppam, Ritika 450 Kasmalkar, Mihir M. 740 Munugala, Rahul 160 Hempel, Audrey G. 457 Lee, Christine J. 743 Lam, Allison 451 Zalpuri, Pranav 300 Kallah, Nicholas S. 300 Lee, Victor 451 Lau, Atti W. 450 Laderer, Joseph R. 218 Liang, Connie 171 Liu, Hunter Y. JUNIPERO SERRA H. S. 303 Park, Andrew J. 459 Liang, Nevin 628 Mula, Supriya A. 000 Bryan, Kevin L. 830 Lu, Katherine 742 Qian, Janet Y. 000 Dugoni, Jack L. SANTA BARBARA 000 Luo, Mathew 301 Rao, Anshul V. LAGUNA BLANCA SCHOOL 941 Ma, Jeffrey 160 Rey, Rebecca M. SAN RAFAEL 741 Cao, Luming 999 Ma, Stephanie J. 459 Tan, Derek TERRA LINDA H. S. 160 Mayya, Armina 870 Tang, Fiona L. 999 Tsai, Jocelyn A. SAN MARCOS H. S. 454 Mididaddi, Arya 467 Thirumalai, Vittal 209 Hess, Connor O. 162 Nakil, Sanmati 628 Tong, Andy N. SAN RAMON 160 Novoselov, Anna K. 908 Tran, Brandon CALIFORNIA H. S. SANTA CLARA 999 Pai, Ronak 907 Vu, Anthony T. 160 Bielicki, Liann C. SANTA CLARA H. S. 712 Patel, Anishi 302 Wang, Jerry X. 900 Cheff, Noah S. 742 Fu, Alexander 169 Phan, Elise V.

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SUN VALLEY VAN NUYS YUBA CITY California (continued) JOHN FRANCIS HIGH TECH LOS ANGELES RIVER VALLEY H. S. POLYTECHNIC HIGH CHARTER H. S. 833 Van Valkenburgh, Mackenzie B. 000 Lojo, Nelson K. 000 Garcia, Jonathan T. 450 Rao, Rohan 999 Ravi, Sanjana SUNNYVALE VAN NUYS H. S. 628 Reddy, Aditya K. FREMONT H. S. 162 Hyon, Phillip J. 459 Robinson, Daniel G. 454 Ananda, Keerthana 000 Oh, Nathanael 457 Sankaran, Adhit P. 000 Fu, Valerie Y. 303 Sarnevesht, Ethan S. 000 Gaitonde, Tanvi V. VILLA PARK 870 Shah, Dhruv H. 999 Ke, Ashley VILLA PARK H. S. 301 Sridhar, Nikhil 999 Ke, Elizabeth 000 Baxter, Caitlin N. 454 Sundaram, Sandhya M. 303 Lee, Melissa F. 628 Vu, Ryan D. 999 Tang, Howard L. 000 Vasu, Samhita 457 Wang, Michael 999 Tang, Michael W. WALNUT 773 Thakur, Nandini S. WALNUT H. S. THE KING'S ACADEMY 999 Wang, Alex 999 Chen, Kevin 450 Jacobs, Zoe Y. 742 Wang, Brandon 162 Jiang, Yaoyue 522 Kim, Christian D. 999 Wang, Elaine Y. 162 Kao, Denise J. 712 Wang, Bryan 300 Xiao, Albert 450 Lin, William 459 Zhou, Weiqing 999 Xiao, Christina M. 999 Lu, Jocelyn J. 303 Xu, Jeffrey 628 Maung, Teresa K. 459 Yoon, Joshua B. SUMMIT SCHOOL DENALI 209 Tran, Chamine M. 200 Zhu, Brian C. 303 Lee, Andrew J. 000 Tsao, Amber H. 628 Wan, Wyan SCOTTS VALLEY TEMECULA 600 Wu, Evelyn SCOTTS VALLEY H. S. CHAPARRAL H. S. 454 Xu, Tyler C. 303 Harding, Johnathan A. 999 Casasola, Allison S. 171 Yu, Melody 710 Duron, Giuliana P. SHERMAN OAKS 451 Gopalan, Anish WALNUT CREEK THE BUCKLEY SCHOOL 303 Liu, Yu BEREAN CHRISTIAN H. S. 123 Lu, Qiyou 185 Utomo, Joey T. GREAT OAK H. S. 455 Dickinson, James LAS LOMAS H. S. SIMI VALLEY 162 Eleter, Abdulkarim M. 466 Canter, Miriam E. SANTA SUSANA H. S. 520 Kowalewski, Halle C. 904 Casey, Emma 451 Shah, Mihir H. 164 Lee, Raymond T. 160 Fisher, Jaden D. 301 Xiao, Bryson 160 Saito, Emika G. 451 Hess, Maximilian J. 630 Micallef, Morgan A. SIMI VALLEY H. S. TEMPLE CITY 450 Murray, Rhiannon K. 160 Ahn, Christopher T. TEMPLE CITY H. S. 742 Effarah, Christopher J. 450 Ji, Bennett K. NORTHGATE H. S. 162 Kao, Daniel 954 Jian, Allyson 303 Lee, Derek C. SOLANA BEACH 303 Thai, Jocelyn H. 160 Lee, Jacob H. SANTA FE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL 164 Walsh, Kyle F. 000 Lin, Jacob 455 Roede, Nils P. 300 Yu, Hanson 000 Ng, Charmaine T. SOUTH PASADENA WEIMAR SOUTH PASADENA H. S. THOUSAND OAKS THOUSAND OAKS H. S. WEIMAR ACADEMY 628 Au, Charis H. 303 Shiu, Joseph H. 454 Liu, Eleanor A. 999 Chung, Andy K. 459 Clark, Samuel P. TORRANCE WEST HILLS 459 Deng, Jessica CHAMINADE COLLEGE 162 Kowal, Evan BISHOP MONTGOMERY H. S. 836 Altshuler, Svetlana M. PREPARATORY SCHOOL 160 Lewis, Ella B. 185 Cheney, Mary 200 Wang, Peter X. 628 Malham, Joseph 740 Yang, Barnett Z. SOUTH H. S. 600 Zenas, Sarah J. 999 Lee, Allison H. 999 Zhou, Albert W. 161 Lim, Esther J. WESTLAKE VILLAGE 950 Wang, Daniel OAKS CHRISTIAN H. S. 999 Chung, Benjamin J. STOCKTON 200 Youhanaie, Jordan B. ASPIRE BENJAMIN HOLT COLLEGE TORRANCE H. S. PREPARATORY ACADEMY 301 Brar, Jaylem V. 300 Mojica, Matthew V. WESTLAKE H. S. TRACY 870 Guo, Arinna MERRILL F. WEST H. S. 999 Raab, Katrina BEAR CREEK H. S. 907 Ratcliffe, Samuel W. 454 Abdul-Rehman, Hadeel S. 501 Banks, Adan A. 209 Wang, Lauryn O. 454 Kapadne, Akshata H. 209 Xu, Christina VENTURE ACADEMY 451 Kinney, Sarah M. UKIAH DEVELOPING VIRTUE WESTMINSTER SECONDARY SCHOOL LA QUINTA H. S. STUDIO CITY 450 Zhu, Bo Han 742 Cao, John HARVARD - WESTLAKE SCHOOL 459 Ahmad, Diego M. UPLAND WESTMINSTER H. S. 999 Arkow, David B. UPLAND H. S. 162 Pham, Alan Q. 000 Cahill, John C. 450 Tien, Nicholas 607 Phan, Anthony 164 Feng, Anjee 450 Hirooka, Tyra Dane P. VALENCIA WOODLAND HILLS 467 Kaleel, Caroline J. EL CAMINO REAL CHARTER H. S. 999 Kiang, Hui Nan Eunice TRINITY CLASSICAL ACADEMY 168 Kim, Paige T. 830 Quintana-Lopez, Estefania 450 Li, Ziyue 999 Vu, Andrew 303 Liu, William H. 121 Salazar, Gregory R. 457 Martell, Monica 741 Yin, Qihui 906 Mathur, Anusha WOODSIDE 710 Nayar, Jaya J. VALENCIA H. S. WOODSIDE H. S. 600 Park, Ryan J. 710 Li, Evie K. 999 Chiu, Emma M. 000 Poon, Landon 300 Song, Ashley M. 550 Raeber, Milena L. 000 Reiter, Dean A. 870 Zeng, Marina 303 Skaggs, Colby YORBA LINDA 833 Sylbert, Nikhila V. WEST RANCH H. S. YORBA LINDA H. S. 161 Van Amburg, Chase T. 160 Factora, Ryan G. 628 Anekwe, Jenee E. 999 Weisman, Lilah K. 160 Pande, Rushikesh Y. 164 Kang, Catherine S. 560 Wu, Lindsay C. 459 Roche, Jackie J. 773 Lindell, Eva K. 000 Yeh, Samantha 450 Shah, Anya 830 Savalia, Elina N.

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