San Diego County Students Named Semifinalists For Scholarships

San Diego CA

21 September, 2021

12:19 PM

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SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA — The 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists were announced last week, including students from San Diego County The San Diego County students and their high schools are: CarlsbadPacific Ridge School Chang, MichaelChong, Joan C.Qiu, Connor C.Chula VistaEastlake 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.EscondidoClassical Academy High School Usher, Alexander M.La JollaThe 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, ClaireLa Jolla Country Day School Beard, Cienna C.Chunduru, SohanDesai, Khalil O.Jaffee, Lucy C.Li, Vivian W.Nagle, Roma A.Zhou, YuxiangLa Jolla High School Chanda, Devan I.Frost, Katherine S.Gaffney, Caroline S.Park, Andrew K.Wang, Leon N.Wu, MayaOceansideMission Vista High School Song, Ji InPowayHomeschool Simi, Paola K.Poway High School Major, Adam E.Trust, RyanRancho 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 FeHorizon Prep Phillip, Amanda L. San DiegoThe 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, XiaofanCanyon Hills High School (Junipero Serra High School) Bodenhamer, TylerDo, Annie N.Ruhe, Maya EMCathedral Catholic High School Nartker, EmilyDel 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 ChungHomeschool Zhu, Stephen Q.Mira Mesa High School Kasner, KyleMorse, Brian K.Sievers, Samuel L.Welsh, Sophia P.Yadavalli, AnirudhMount Carmel High School Kim, Daniel S.Ramesh, KavyaRamesh, KavyaSim, DanielleSim, KayleighWidyono, Stacy N.Mt. Everest Academy Amelang, James A.Zhuang, Hsiang-KuangFrancis 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, CaitlinScripps 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, VanessaTorrey 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, EthanThese 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.