Out of over 1.5 million students who took the PSAT last October, 39 SHS seniors had scores among the top 1 percent, making them National Merit semifinalists. This number matches last year’s school record of 39.

These students earned a score of 222 or above out of a possible 240.

Semifinalists of the competition who apply to be finalists have the opportunity to become National Merit Scholars in March 2016, where they will receive scholarship benefits and materials from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. 

National Merit Semifinalists: Nihar Agrawal, Avinash Arjavalingam, Nithika Arunkumar, Adithya Bellathur, Michelle Cen, Ashley Chen, Helen Chen, Jennifer Chen, Varun Choudhary, Giulia Corno, Daniel Eem, Yena Jeong, Andrew Jiang, Kayla Kim, Nicholas Lai, Chester Leung, Alexander Li, Elizabeth Li, Celine Liang, Katherine Liu, Nupur Maheshwari, Jayee Malwankar, Farbod Moghadam, Brendan Ney, Meera Rachamallu, Ashvita Ramesh, Kanaai Shah, Michelle Shen, Sean Shi, Dorrie Tang, Matthew Tran, Oksana Trifonova, Rishi Veerapaneni, Janani Velchamy, Kelly Xiao, Harrison Yang, Lisa Yu, Kristine Zhang, Andrew Zhou