The National Merit Scholarship Program announced on Wednesday, Sept. 13, the semifinalists in Orange County for its prestigious annual competition.
Nationwide, 16,000 high school seniors were selected to move into the finals for the nearly $28 million the National Merit program will award in scholarships in the spring.
Next, the students will need to meet a number of requirements, including submitting a detailed application, writing an essay and showing an “outstanding academic record” and leadership and service in the community. The nonprofit said about 95% are expected to advance to being finalists, but only 7,140 scholarships will be given.
Being named a semifinalist puts these high schoolers in a pool of less than 1% of high school seniors in the United States, the nonprofit said in its announcement Wednesday. Scores on the 2022 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test are used to determine the semifinalists.
The National Merit program is nearly 70 years old.
Here are the Orange County high school students named semifinalists according to Wednesday’s announcement:
ALISO NIGUEL HIGH
Chen, Jayme J.
Choe, Lea
Ghosh, Arnab
Lee, Cooper G.
Scherffius, Aidan J.
Yang, Artemis
BECKMAN HIGH
Chang, Brian J.
Chang, Devon Y.
Cheng, Ian
Chien, Stephen
Gurumoorthy, Amudhan S.
Kim, Joelle M.
Krishan, Vishaal J.
Nguyen-Khoa, Ethan
Osako, Sydney A.
Sehgal, Aayush
Tang, Adrienne A.
Tom, Lindsey M.
Vakil, Tashu T.
Yu, Ivan
BREA OLINDA HIGH
Kim, Anderson M.
CANYON HIGH
Patel, Jiya M.
Rosu, Alexander N.
CAPISTRANO VALLEY HIGH
Leuenberger, Ryan J.
Wang, Teddy
CORONA DEL MAR HIGH
Chang, Takeshi A.
Jenkins, Jasmine E.
Nguyen, Hailey C.
Nguyen, Kaitlyn M.
Parzick, Wade H.
CREAN LUTHERAN HIGH
Johnson, Trent M.
Kam, Julianne
Yen, Joelle L.
DANA HILLS HIGH
Calder, William S.
EL DORADO HIGH
Gess, Evan
Robinson, Julia C.
EL MODENA HIGH
Bae, Michelle E.
EDISON HIGH
Aaron, Aneliese Y.
FAIRMONT PREPARATORY ACADEMY
Doan, Vincent V.
FOOTHILL HIGH
Sinha, Saahil…
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