31 Great Neck Students Named 2022 National Merit Semifinalists

Great Neck NY

15 September, 2021

1:01 PM

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GREAT NECK, NY — Thirty-one high school students from Great Neck have been named semifinalists in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The teens are among the 16,000 semifinalists nationwide announced Wednesday who will have the opportunity to advance in the competition to earn scholarships worth nearly $30 million. About 15,000 of those semifinalists are expected to advance to finalist standing, and over half of the finalists will win National Merit Scholarships next spring. Here are the students from Great Neck who have achieved semifinalist status: Amaar Alwani, Great Neck SouthKarly Chan, Great Neck SouthRena Chen, Great Neck SouthIris Cho, Great Neck SouthFarah Daredia, Great Neck SouthAmy He, Great Neck SouthSophia Hunter, Great Neck SouthEden Katz, Great Neck SouthJeremy Kotlyar, Great Neck SouthAndre Lungu, Great Neck SouthMatthew Moy, Great Neck SouthMatthew Tsui, Great Neck SouthAlexander Voses, Great Neck SouthIsabel Wang, Great Neck SouthKatherine Wang, Great Neck SouthRoss Williams, Great Neck SouthJansen Wong, Great Neck SouthMengyu Wu, Great Neck SouthJohn Xie, Great Neck SouthRick Xu, Great Neck SouthErin Yim, Great Neck SouthVictoria Guan, Great Neck NorthShifan He, Great Neck NorthJoshua Li, Great Neck NorthClaire Luo, Great Neck NorthBrandon Maher, Great Neck NorthMaya Slobin, Great Neck NorthAlicia Sun, Great Neck NorthSahar Tartak, Great Neck NorthKenneth Xiao, Great Neck NorthDavid Zeng, Great Neck North To be considered for an award, semifinalists must submit a detailed scholarship application with information about the student's academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received. Students must also write an essay and be endorsed by a high school official. There are three kinds of scholarships finalists will compete for — corporate-sponsored, college or university-sponsored, and National Merit Scholarship Corporation awards. Around 1,000 corporate-sponsored scholarships will be provided by about 220 corporations and business organizations for students who meet their criteria (e.g. being a child of an employee at the sponsoring business). Some 180 colleges and universities are expected to fund about 4,100 awards for finalists who will attend their school. And the National Merit Scholarship Corporation's own $2,500 scholarships will be awarded to 2,500 students on a state-representational basis. Winners will be announced in four groups between April and July 2022. These scholarship recipients will join more than 362,000 other young people who have earned the Merit Scholar title.