3 Poway Students Semifinalists For 2022 Scholarships

Poway CA

21 September, 2021

12:14 PM

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POWAY, CA — The 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists were announced last week, including three students from Poway. The San Diego County students and their high schools are: Carlsbad Pacific Ridge School Chang, MichaelChong, Joan C.Qiu, Connor C. Chula Vista Eastlake High School Scott, Joshua M. Encinitas San Dieguito Academy Ballow, Evan C.Chen, Kyra Y.Gao, Peter Y.Pawlak, Jonah K.Peeler, Thomas J.Zhang, Alex Y. Escondido Classical Academy High School Usher, Alexander M. La Jolla The Bishop's School Aguilar, Joseph G.Bitar, Nadia S.Chang, Andrew Y.Fang, AnnieGuang, Rolan H.Hong, EmmaJung, ChristopherLi, Emma J.Liu, NicholasMacomber, Connor S.Malhotra, Clare K.Park, SoyoonRix, Andrea L.Shi, YumeiWei, Stanley T.Whitman, August J.Zeng, Michael L.Zhao, Claire La Jolla Country Day School Beard, Cienna C.Chunduru, SohanDesai, Khalil O.Jaffee, Lucy C.Li, Vivian W.Nagle, Roma A.Zhou, Yuxiang La Jolla High School Chanda, Devan I.Frost, Katherine S.Gaffney, Caroline S.Park, Andrew K.Wang, Leon N.Wu, Maya Oceanside Mission Vista High School Song, Ji In Poway Homeschool Simi, Paola K. Poway High School Major, Adam E.Trust, Ryan Rancho Bernardo Rancho Bernardo High School Cho, Dain C.Garg, AniketHuang, Ashley I.Malik, Herman D.Nadalin, Aya A.Rastogi, KrishnaShanmugam, Emily M.Sinclair, Joshua Z.Wang, Trista Z.Zhou, Jonathan D. Rancho Santa Fe Horizon Prep Phillip, Amanda L. San Diego The Cambridge School Gadient, Stefan S.Xu, Zoe L. Canyon Crest Academy Agrawal, AyushCalloji, AdarshCao, EmmaCharat-Collins, Joshua N.Chyung, AudreyClairmont, RyanConnell, JessicaDenning, Lila G.Gao, Andrew K.Goswami, MarissaKang, WilliamLi, Allison Y.Lin, AliceLiu, JasonLuo, Kevin H.Mao, Kailan X.Maynard, KimberlyPisor, IanQiao, SelenaShriram, Anjana T.Vora, Arnav S.Wang, LinxiXu, AmyYue, JamieZeng, Jinghan A.Zhang, Joshua E.Zuo, Xiaofan Canyon Hills High School (Junipero Serra High School) Bodenhamer, TylerDo, Annie N.Ruhe, Maya EM Cathedral Catholic High School Nartker, Emily Del Norte High School Beniwal, SaraBoedeker, MadeleineChen, Hannah M.Fan, Sunny Y.Jin, BryantKim, DavidLi, Justin M.Lu, Jasmine S.Mir, Eyaad I.Mittal, AashiMyint, Kyle J.Nagpal, SauravSheng, JeffreySitlani, Sanya J.Vo, Anthony M.Wei, Rebecca K.Xie, Sarah W. Patrick Henry High School Kalal, Elijah L.Mack, Robert J.Miller, Thomas J.Peterson, Svea A.Rice, Justy K.Utgaard, EmersonYeung, Tsz Chung Homeschool Zhu, Stephen Q. Mira Mesa High School Kasner, KyleMorse, Brian K.Sievers, Samuel L.Welsh, Sophia P.Yadavalli, Anirudh Mount Carmel High School Kim, Daniel S.Ramesh, KavyaRamesh, KavyaSim, DanielleSim, KayleighWidyono, Stacy N. Mt. Everest Academy Amelang, James A.Zhuang, Hsiang-Kuang Francis Parker School Altes, Hillary B.Banga, AshveenBernicker, Lucas E.Britton, Oliver S.Effress, Benjamin M.Gibson, Alexandra R.Hardy, Tamsin E.Partnoy, ZacharySheres, Alec M.Sohn, Anna D. Point Loma High School Wilson, Caitlin Scripps Ranch High School Aggarwal, SaatvikBanchongsirichareon, SidsadeeChen, Yi RenDorsey, Ella M.Fan, AaronJackowski, Samuel W.Kamath, PriyaLim, Dana E.Portrey, Cassandra J.Rewolinski, Alexander J.Su, Brandon C.Varga, Viola H.Wadhwa, DhruvXu, Kayla T.Zhou, Vanessa Torrey Pines High School Andrijanic, TamaraCai, DanielFang, Jimmy D.Feng, Benjamin Y.Krishnan, NandithaLee, David Y.Li, ChengdaMarkus, Philip C.Nie, Owen L.Peng, MeganSalz, Annika L.Sampath, Atharv G.Vargas, Satya A.Wu, Sarah S.Xie, Yuehua A.Yu, Alice S. University City High School Allen-Perez, Gonzalo B.Hanaki, Meilene K.Wiese, James L. Westview High School Chakraborty, SattwikDong, SarahFong, Samuel Y.Hsu, Wei TingLin, Ethan N.Nasser, Rayyan L.Ng, Annabel H.Pham, Michael V.Vermani, AakarshXia, JaydenYeon, JehyeokZhang, Andrew Y.Zhang, Charles B.Zhang, Ethan These students are among some 16,000 national semifinalists in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. They will compete for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $30 million. The scholarships will be awarded next spring and summer. The semifinalists where chosen after they took the 2020 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The semifinalists represent less than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors. The number of semifinalists in each state is proportional to the state's percentage of the national total of graduating seniors. Next, semifinalists and a high school official must submit a detailed scholarship application, including an academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received. The semifinalists must also write an essay, and earn SAT or ACT scores that confirm the student's earlier performance on the qualifying test. Finalists will be announced in February. All National Merit Scholarship winners will be selected from this group. There are three types of 2022 National Merit Scholarships: 2,500 National Merit $2500 Scholarships that will be awarded on a state-representational basis.1,000 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards will be provided by approximately 220 corporations and business organizations.180 colleges and universities are expected to finance some 4,000 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards for finalists who will attend the sponsor institution.