28 Newton Students Named National Merit Scholarship Finalists

Newton MA

15 September, 2021

1:01 PM

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NEWTON, MA — Twenty-eight Newton students have been named semifinalists in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program, according to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). Of the 16,000 students nationwide chosen for the semifinalist round, 7,500 will go on to earn a total of nearly $30 million in scholarships in the spring. High school juniors entered the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of entrants. Less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors make the cut, and to become a finalist, students must submit a detailed application. The 2022 National Merit Scholarship winners will be announced in four news releases beginning in April and ending in July. These scholarship recipients will join more than 362,000 other students who have earned the Merit Scholar title. Here are the students from Newton who made the semifinalist cut: Elizabeth Lesher - Newton Country Day School of the Sacred HeartRebecca E. Simen - Newton Country Day School of the Sacred HeartNolan M. Anthony - Newton South High SchoolArlo D. Cohen - Newton South High SchoolTheo Datta - Newton South High SchoolJenny He - Newton South High SchoolEllyssa J. Jeong - Newton South High SchoolJoyce M. Lee - Newton South High SchoolYucheng Liu - Newton South High SchoolNicholas J. Manthei - Newton South High SchoolGabriel J. Stern - Newton South High SchoolMichael H. Sun - Newton South High SchoolElizabeth J. Weaver - Newton South High SchoolLorna L. Arcese - Newton North High SchoolWilliam D. Ayinon - Newton North High SchoolTyler W. Bean - Newton North High SchoolGriffin C. Bond - Newton North High SchoolEitan Z. Borenstein - Newton North High SchoolMadeline A. Fabry - Newton North High SchoolSteven R. Gao - Newton North High SchoolZoe Gardner-Matviak - Newton North High SchoolWilliams T. Goldsmith - Newton North High SchoolKeiji D. Imai - Newton North High SchoolWilliam S. McNally - Newton North High SchoolRia V. Mehrotra - Newton North High SchoolYurika S. Tarui - Newton North High SchoolAnthony H. Wang - Newton North High SchoolEric Yu - Newton North High School