Local Students Are Semifinalists For National Merit Scholarships

BASKING RIDGE, NJ—A total of 31 students from Ridge High School and The Pingry School were named semifinalists for the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship on Wednesday.

The 16 Ridge and 15 Pingry students (see full list below) were selected from an applicant pool of 1.5 million at more than 21,000 high schools. They were chosen based on their performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

The local students were some of the approximately 16,000 semifinalists nationwide. To become one of the 15,000 expected finalists, students must submit a detailed application, including academic records, extracurricular activities, leadership abilities, employment history, and honors or awards received, and a letter of recommendation.

PINGRY SCHOOL

Bergam, Noah J.

Castagno, Joseph

Chan, Monica S.

Jacob, Zara

Kapur, Rhea

Karuppur, Aneesh

Koenig, Dean R.

Kushen, Jemma R.

Lee, Julian L.

Li, Justin X.

Liang, Guanyun

Liu, Helen

Overdeck, Katherine

Schiller, Eva L.

Shah, Avidan M.

Ridge High School

Chen, Lily W.

Chen, Lucas Y.

Jiang, Stanley

Jin, Daniel

Kutty, Nurah A.

Makkar, Siddhant

McCune, Matheson R.

Nolt, Juliet L.

Polito, Elizabeth M.

Sun, Benny Y.

Wu, Zheng

Xu, Angelina

Yang, James

Zhang, James Q.

Zhao, Aidan X.

Zhao, Kyle