S EMIFINALISTS in the 2021 NATIONAL MERIT® SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM September 9, 2020 Announcement
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NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION 1560 Sherman Avenue, Suite 200, Evanston, Illinois 60201-4897 (847) 866-5100 S EMIFINALISTS IN THE 2021 NATIONAL MERIT® SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM September 9, 2020 Announcement Contact: Eileen Artemakis or Matthew Budreau Phone: (847) 866-5100 Public Information Email: [email protected] Website: www.nationalmerit.org Advance: For release on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Note to editors: Semifi nalists in your state are listed alphabetically by city and high school following this press release. This material is prepared solely for news media to announce the names of Semifi nalists; its use for any other purpose is prohibited. Caution: Using numbers of Semifi nalists to compare high schools, educational systems, or states will result in erroneous conclusions. The National Merit® Scholarship Program honors individual students who show exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies. The program does not measure the quality or eff ectiveness of education within a school, system, or state. For more information about the competition, please visit NMSC’s website at www.nationalmerit.org. Semifi nalists in the 2021 National Merit® Scholarship Program (Evanston, Illinois) Today offi cials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifi nalists in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $30 million that will be off ered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship® award, Semifi nalists must fulfi ll several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. Over 90 percent of the Semifi nalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and more than half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title. NMSC, a not-for-profi t organization that operates without government assistance, was established in 1955 specifi cally to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 400 business organizations and higher education institutions that share NMSC’s goals of honoring the nation’s scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence. -more- Add one Semifi nalists in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program Steps in the 2021 Competition Over 1.5 million juniors in about 21,000 high schools entered the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifi nalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. The number of Semifi nalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors. To become a Finalist, the Semifi nalist and a high school offi cial must submit a detailed scholarship application, in which they provide information about the Semifi nalist’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received. A Semifi nalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school offi cial, and write an essay. From the approximately 16,000 Semifi nalists, about 15,000 are expected to advance to the Finalist level, and in February they will be notifi ed of this designation. All National Merit Scholarship winners will be selected from this group of Finalists. Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies, without regard to gender, race, ethnic origin, or religious preference. National Merit Scholarships Three types of National Merit Scholarships will be off ered in the spring of 2021. Every Finalist will compete for one of 2,500 National Merit® $2500 Scholarships that will be awarded on a state-representational basis. About 1,000 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards will be provided by approximately 220 corporations and business organizations for Finalists who meet their specifi ed criteria, such as children of the grantor’s employees or residents of communities where sponsor plants or offi ces are located. In addition, about 180 colleges and universities are expected to fi nance some 4,100 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards for Finalists who will attend the sponsor institution. National Merit Scholarship winners of 2021 will be announced in four nationwide news releases beginning in April and concluding in July. These scholarship recipients will join more than 353,000 other distinguished young people who have earned the Merit Scholar title. # # # National Merit, Merit Scholarship, Merit Scholar, and the corporate “Lamp of Learning” logo are federally registered service marks of National Merit Scholarship Corporation. PSAT/NMSQT is a registered trademark of National Merit Scholarship Corporation and College Board. ST. MICHAEL'S CATHOLIC 303 Gupta, Priyanka Semifinalists: 2021 National ACADEMY 303 Hiremath, Aditi M. 999 Bliss, Gabrielle T. 300 Huang, Helen M. 999 Deroeck, Robert Grant 000 Humphries, Sho K. Merit Scholarship Program 455 Holub, Peter R. 303 Ingle, Prachi A. 303 Ippolito, Mark H. ST. STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL 628 Iyengar, Vibhav B. SCHOOL 200 Joshi, Vikram A. 843 Cosby, Augustus R. 836 Kang, Joshua J. AUSTIN WALDORF SCHOOL 520 Liu, Yuanlin 870 Kangos, John A. TEXAS 843 Johnson, Colin L. 225 Moroz, Vincent 171 Kartha, Rohan V. 450 Murtuza-Lanier, Carson T. 171 Kim, Elliot Y. ABILENE JAMES BOWIE H. S. 450 Nitzsche, Jayan V. 303 Kornfeld, Kyan N. 303 Coggins, Dallas O. 999 Lam, Isabella Y. WYLIE H. S. 450 Stephens, James H. 999 Lang, Vivian 463 Via, Kaitlyn E. 830 Zheng, Zhiyi GONZALO GARZA 467 Lee, Cassidy R. INDEPENDENCE H. S. 300 Lei, Shannon ADDISON VANDEGRIFT H. S. 303 Sander, Aidan T. 000 Abitzen, Noel 300 Li, Cathleen L. GREENHILL SCHOOL 185 Liu, Hannah X. 999 Dhingra, Sonia K. 000 Anantula, Arya HARMONY SCHOOL 000 Chawla, Akansha 300 Lu, Jessica J. 600 Kethu, Samira OF ENDEAVOR 999 Lu, Zarek F. 870 Kwon, Sejin 000 Chu, Natalee 000 Arslan, Emin A. 000 Collins, Quin 301 Madan, Ananth S. 000 Li, Jonathan H. 451 Matalia, Parth P. 628 Liu, Kevin 000 Devaney, Patrick HEADWATERS SCHOOL 161 Math, Jessica L. 946 Magee, Matthew C. 000 Edelheit-Rice, Ashira 000 Quilici, Julia J. 451 Moran, Jack W. 559 Subramanian, Ria 000 Jose, Pranav 000 Karmakar, Asha 303 Nayak, Anavi S. 301 Ng, Haomin D. TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY HOMESCHOOL 000 Kim, Samuel 553 Dever, Maeve P. 000 Kumar, Shreyas 999 Nistala, Dhruv V. 160 Burke, Hannah 204 Dodson, Jacob P. 000 Lee, Jasper 303 Pandit, Siddhant S. 000 Oshea, Ryan T. 000 Longmire, Daphne 454 Pelayo, Alayna K. 204 Woo, Ashley 000 Lu, Edward 870 Popps, Lane A. 821 Xia, Annie LAKE TRAVIS H. S. 209 De, Souptik 000 Luppino, Emily 999 Purohit, Ansh M. 000 Singireddy, Manoj M. 000 Pandya, Anish 450 Robert, Joshua D. ALAMO HEIGHTS 300 Sundheim, Megan A. 000 Patel, Devan 836 Saha, Anouka HOMESCHOOL 000 Pickard, Alexander 185 Seth, Arjun T. 742 Klopfenstein, Josh R. LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCE 000 Rapier, Claire 894 Shah, Harshil B. ACADEMY H. S. 000 Ross, Hunter 303 Siegel, Samuel R. ALLEN 999 Allums, Sachin M. 000 Sagi, Vishal 000 Singh, Anand ALLEN H. S. 303 Baade, Alan S. 000 Simmons, Maci 163 Srinivasan, Keshv K. 000 Ahmed, Jehan H. 628 Bingi, Pranav 000 Sripathi, Lekha 303 Srinivasan, Pranav 999 Chaturvedi, Suraj P. 556 Birkholz, Lena J. 000 Stevenson, Garrett 303 Stanley, Joseph P. 302 Chen, Ethan 000 Buntz, Sofia 000 Weiss, Samuel 200 Sur, Risha 000 Cheng, Ashleigh A. 843 Christian, Samuel D. 000 Yang, Eric 000 Tanriverdi, Aylin E. 999 Chowdhry, Rupali R. 450 Collins, Sarah E. 947 Tian, Orion W. 160 Fee, Lily G. 742 Dicarlo, William A. VERITAS ACADEMY 303 Truong, Benjamin S. 209 Goedderz, Dominick J. 302 Ellis, Evan D. 628 Anderson, Lily A. 209 Tyagi, Nandika S. 162 Haden, Lane C. 121 Greene, Caroline T. 520 Smith, Blake N. 301 Wang, Athena J. 301 Han, Elliot H. 833 Heinzen, Sophia K. 168 Wang, Michael 000 Hasnain, Raaida 000 Wu, Adora S. 904 Kumar, Vetriliaa WESTLAKE H. S. 000 Karra, Deshna S. 742 Xiao, Justin Y. 164 Lalchandani, Kashvi 209 Abraham, Zachary J. 171 Lee, Chase A. 628 Xiong, Daniel X. 301 Lampert, Adison K. 000 Amblard, Nolan D. 000 Lin, Regina C. 303 Xu, Erin Z. 303 Langert, Liam E. 000 Andruss, Lance J. 000 Lin, Simon J. 000 Yi, Alexander W. 450 Le, Kevin H. 303 Chandhoke, Raunakk S. 943 Merritt, Nicholas J. 999 Zhang, Erin W. 843 Liu-Schiaffini, Miguel O. 900 Chen, Felix Y. 218 Qin, Sudy 204 Zhang, Steven J. 791 McGuire, Ava E. 000 Chirogianis, Grady M. 162 Qu, Zicheng 303 Zhu, Alyssa Y. 463 Pham, Mandala M. 000 Cohen, Ellie M. 710 Shah, Ishita S. 999 Ravi, Maya 870 Furnish, Rose A. 000 Sharma, Siya 999 Rivera, Elinor G. 999 Gavrilova, Mariia A. BAYTOWN 999 Srinivasan, Tara 720 Robison, Benjamin J. 470 Gillett, Joseph A. GOOSE CREEK MEMORIAL H. S. 162 Tan, Avalene Y. 185 Sarma, Nihita P. 000 Guan, Emma S. 906 Rupp, Brandon A. 204 Trehan, Anika 742 Schulze, Paul E. 000 He, Lauren M. 999 Truong, Huy C. 167 Taub, Eli S. 000 Horne, Jett W. BEAUMONT 870 Tsui, Claire R. 300 Thompson, Emily M. 000 Jakubik, Jessica P. MONSIGNOR KELLY 457 Vaughan, Lucas R. 303 Tian, Samuel W. 000 Li, Eric Z. CATHOLIC H. S. 000 Werst, Jonathon D. 454 Tomazin, Hayden J. 000 Liu, Noah 142 Jasani, Eliza S. 948 Xu, Jonathan 161 Trentham, Lily Y. 836 Lowe, Kristen J. 950 Shield, Cecily E.