Twenty-one Ladue Horton Watkins High School seniors have been named Semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship competition.
The competition provides scholarships to the nation’s top scorers on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) typically taken during a student’s junior year. The assessment evaluates students in the areas of Reading, Writing and Language, and Math.
The 21 Semifinalists from Ladue Horton Watkins High School are:
- Matthew Awad
- Eva Busker
- Elliott Campbell
- Olivia Chen
- Phoebe Chen
- Abheek Dhawan
- Brian Duong
- Tyler Hofer
- Aditya Jain
- Aiden Lambert
- Lucia Li
- Sarah Liao
- Grace Qian
- Miriam Steinberg
- Rohan Suri
- Kevin Tang
- Aric Wang
- Weston Williams
- Ari Willick
- Sophia Xu
- Cindy Yan
Of the 1.3 million entrants each year, around 16,000 with the highest test scores qualify for recognition in the National Merit Scholarship Program as Semifinalists.
Students then are invited to apply for a National Merit Scholarship and hope to earn Finalist recognition by meeting high academic standards, providing information about their activities and leadership, being recommended by a school official, and writing an essay.
Around 7,800 Finalists are notified that they will receive a Merit Scholarship Award, which is available in three forms: a $2500 National Merit Scholarship, a corporate-sponsored scholarship, or a college-sponsored scholarship.
Finalist honors will be announced in February and scholarship awards will be announced beginning in March.
