The National Merit Scholarship Program has announced its 2025 semifinalists in Orange County.
More than 16,000 high school seniors were selected across the nation to move forward in the running for the nearly $26 million the National Merit program will award in scholarships in the spring.
Next, the students will need to meet
There are a number of requirements the students will need to meet to compete for the scholarships, 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 for the 6,870 scholarships that will be awarded in the spring.
The National Merit program is nearly 70 years old.
Here are the Orange County high school students named semifinalists according to this year’s announced list:
Aliso Viejo
Aliso Niguel High
Danielle Halphide
Jackson Milby
Noah Selvan
Ian Song
Anaheim
Canyon High
Rohan Hassain
Alexandr Kim
Esperanza High
Matthew Hoang
Shivali Sharma
Fairmont Prep
Francis Hollis
Noelle Kim
Siheon Lee
Cheuk Fu Ian Pau
Ava Shvartsman
Homeschool/online school
Evangeline Eng
Brea
Brea Olina High
Dominic M. Lee
Cypress
Homeschool/online school
Allison Kim
Oxford Academy
Emily Le
Janice D. Lee
Joseph J. Lee
Khanh K. Nguyen
Veronica Y. Shao
Rachel J. Yoon
Read also: See the 2024 National Merit semifinalists here.
Dana Point
Dana Hills High
Jack A. Miller
Fountain Valley
Fountain Valley High
Benjamin Nguyen
Jaquelyn Nguyen
Fullerton
Fullerton Union High
Bonnie Lynch
Sunny Hills High
Kiheon Kim
Celerina Lee
Matthew Ma
Zayne Shah
Troy High
Iman H. Babiker
Zoey C. Bahng
Addison B. Chan
Evan Y. Chen
Eric W. Choi
Stephen Eng
Elizabeth J. Fu
Andrew N. Her
Tristan L. Hwang
Eunjun Jang
Soham P. Kulkarni
Nathan J. Lim
Sophia L. Liu
Xiyue Ma
Bhavna Malladi
Bianca Z. Naranjo
Noah T. Nguyen
Justin K. Park
Sara M. Patel
Aditya R. Peddi
Derek Y. Peng
Anya Pramanick
Victoria M. Rhee
Cloris F. Shi
Jack R. Simmonds
Diya Sreedhar
Matthew Y. Takagi
Andrew W. Tsai
Ethan H. Wang
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