The semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program — about 16,000 high school students, representing less than 1% of U.S. seniors — were announced on Sept. 11.
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The semifinalists, from the graduating class of 2025, qualified based on their scores on the Preliminary SAT. About 95 percent are expected to attain finalist standing on the strength of an application detailing academic performance, school and community activities, and employment.
About half the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, to be announced in the spring.
Below are the semifinalists from California, listed alphabetically by city (in bold) and high school.
Also: The Class of 2025 semifinalist list for Bay Area schools
ACTON
VASQUEZ H. S.
Ames, Ryan S.
AGOURA HILLS
AGOURA H. S.
Fonkalsrud, Christian
Gelb, Matthew
Korob, Ian
ALAMEDA
ALAMEDA H. S.
Handler, Myles A.
Song, Jacob J.
ALAMEDA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
Meals, Edison
ENCINAL H. S.
Arneson, Emilia H.
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
Chan, Jonah
ALBANY
ALBANY H. S.
Batnairamdal, Altanshagai
Fahn, Leilani
Gold, Skylar
Lam, Mabyn
Lee, Bennett
Rothstein, Samuel
Watt, Liam
Zhang, Dori
ALHAMBRA
ALHAMBRA H. S.
San, Kaung H.
San, Kaung M.
MARK KEPPEL H. S.
Lu, Xiushan
ALISO VIEJO
ALISO NIGUEL H. S.
Halphide, Danielle
Milby, Jackson
Selvan, Noah
Song, Ian
ANAHEIM
CANYON H. S.
Hassain, Rohan
Kim, Alexandr
ESPERANZA H. S.
Hoang, Matthew
Sharma, Shivali
FAIRMONT PREPARATORY ACADEMY
Hollis, Francis
Kim, Noelle
Lee, Siheon
Pau, Cheuk Fu Ian
Shvartsman, Ava
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
Eng, Evangeline
ANTIOCH
ANTIOCH H. S.
Gregson, Zack M.
ARCADIA
ARCADIA H. S.
Athavale, Avani A.
Cha, Minjun
Cheng, Lewis
Choy, Hei Yin
Hussain, Syed S.
Kulkarni, Dhruti G.
Kumar, Avik
Lin, Annette L.
Liu, Mia Y.
Luc, Don C.
Ma, Max M.
Ng, Zuni
Prabhutendolkar, Atharv A.
S. G. Yousuf Mohammed, Anas
Wang, Catherine Z.
Wang, Herrick X.
Xu, Zejin
Yen, Evan S.
ARROYO GRANDE
ARROYO GRANDE H. S.
Arrivee, Spencer
ATHERTON
MENLO – ATHERTON H. S.
Buerchner, Andrew
Chen, Lilah S.
Chien, Celine
Djafari, Sara J.
Goldman, Samuel S.
Justice, Anna J.
Kaushikan, Rohan
Klingsporn, Rose B.
Knox, William P.
Lee, Valentine
Margulis, Arden T.
Mattal, Brandon C.
Nam, Corbin M.
Waitz, Anthony A.
Weiss, Benjamin R.
MENLO SCHOOL
Chen, Sophia
Dokanchi, Anthony
Hsia, Kate
Kim, Amanda
Klugman, Isabella
Mangtani, Ruchi
Palmer, Clifford
Park, Benjamin
Xin, Karen
SACRED HEART PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Newby, Megan
Smith, James
Verner, Alexis
BAKERSFIELD
CENTENNIAL H. S.
Schmunk, Isabel
LIBERTY H. S.
Porter, Shelbie
STOCKDALE H. S.
Gaikwad, Kunal
Natt, Ekamjot
BELLFLOWER
ST. JOHN BOSCO H. S.
Sanchez, Josue
BELMONT
CARLMONT H. S.
Block, Linnea A.
Cao, Mason Y.
Ching, Camille I.
Clusin, Audrey A.
Crowther, Paige K.
Crowther, Samantha J.
Dastidar, Aviraj G.
Feldman, Mitchell E.
Hai, Zara A.
Kumar, Manya S.
Lennemann, Alinando
Nobrega, Maximilian M.
Ohashi, Shiyo K.
Rui, Gabriel Y.
Scholl, Tae L.
Sneeringer, Jackson M.
Wang, Catherine Y.
BENICIA
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
Bowman, Hannah
Bowman, Nathan
BERKELEY
BERKELEY H. S.
Bianchi-McElwee, Max
Cheng, Simon
Cline, Amon
Coleman, Anna
Dernburg, Benjamin
Nickolaus, Ilana
Philhower, Violet
Saenz, Alita T.
Simic, Emanuel
Srinivasan, Lucas
Underwood, Calder
ST. MARY’S COLLEGE H. S.
Osorio, Shai
Wollitzer, Isaiah P.
BEVERLY HILLS
BEVERLY HILLS H. S.
Bakshian, Benjamin
Goldkorn, Tali
Li, Vincent
Smiler, Andrew
Zhang, Sarah
BIG BEAR CITY
BIG BEAR H. S.
Cantu-Wang, Tianyue
BREA
BREA OLINDA H. S.
Lee, Dominic M.
BRENTWOOD
LIBERTY H. S.
Cabrera, Phoenix E.
BURBANK
BURBANK H. S.
Missakian, Avedis
Patel, Diya
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL LOS ANGELES
Cheung, Madeleine
BURLINGAME
BURLINGAME H. S.
Browdy, Zoe A.
Keeley, Lucas C.
Levitt, Alexandria A.
Meng, David X.
Nguyen, Brandon Z.
Peng, Aaron Z.
CALABASAS
VIEWPOINT SCHOOL
Dans, Julian
Green, Samuel L.
CAMARILLO
ADOLFO CAMARILLO H. S.
Hoang, Jadon N.
Jiang, Ethan X.
Thomas, Christopher K.
RANCHO CAMPANA H. S.
Ma, Anna J.
CAMPBELL
WESTMONT H. S.
Hwang, Jocelyn
Ranjith, Yash M.
Wu, Alexander
CANYON COUNTRY
CANYON H. S.
Barrett, Christopher J.
CARLSBAD
ARMY AND NAVY ACADEMY
Nguyen, Hung
CARLSBAD H. S.
Dee, Zaiden
Dresios, Demetrios
Dresios, Marianthe
Dresios, Vassilios
PACIFIC RIDGE SCHOOL
Santiago, Jaden
Simpson, Carter
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