Natalie Brown | Dragon Media
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation recently named 16,000 semifinalists for the 70th National Merit Scholarship program, 35 of which are Southlake Carroll seniors.
To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, semifinalists must have an outstanding academic record, be recommended by a high school official, receive high marks on the SAT or ACT and submit a personal essay. Around 95% of semifinalists are expected to become finalists, and approximately half of finalists are expected to win one of 6,870 National Merit Scholarships that are worth nearly $26 million.
This year’s 35 finalists from Southlake Carroll include Vivek Athipatla, Ayan Bakshi, Kaylynn Bartlett, Paul Kendrick Bray, Jr., Luke Brown, Matthew Cai, Arya Catna, Jack Couch, Ashley Cusick, Sydney Denk, Ethan Fu, Ishani Gandi, Katah Gunter, Mayli Heistein, Audrey Hendrickson, Riley Higginbotham, Ethan Hince, Owen Hindman-Anderson, Aanaputt Patrick Jitrskul, Megha Kadiyala, Pragnya Kaginele, Risha Kanukolanu, Dhruv Kilaru, Ella Le, Sean Le, Shriya Makam, Anson Omar, Sagar Patel, Sanjana Senthil, Tejas Senthil, Riddhima Shanker, Anshika Solleti, Arjan Suri, Sarayu Veluri, Alexander Zhou. A celebration with the semifinalists and their families was held at Carroll Senior High School last week.
“One of the many excellent traditions protected in Carroll is the success our students have in the National Merit Scholarship program,” CSHS principal Ryan Wilson says in “The Dragon Tribune.” “This year’s class of 35 scholars has once again shown the level of incredible intellect possible within a CSHS senior class.”
To learn more about the National Merit Scholarship program and this year’s semifinalists, visit NationalMerit.org.