Alex M. Eng, Chandni S. Khawaja, Christina N. Pierson, Victoria R. Qian, and Aakash B. Raman will have the opportunity to compete for National Merit Scholarships, Corporate-Sponsored Merit Scholarship Awards and College-Sponsored Merit Scholarship Awards.
The 61st Annual National Merit Scholarship Program has announced that five seniors at Hunterdon Central have been named as semifinalists for 2016. Pictured (from left) are semi-finalists Alex Eng, Aakash Raman, Christina Pierson, and Victoria Qian (not pictured: Chandni Khawaja). (courtesy photoThe 61st Annual National Merit Scholarship Program has announced that five seniors at Hunterdon Central have been named as semifinalists for 2016.
Alex M. Eng, Chandni S. Khawaja, Christina N. Pierson, Victoria R. Qian, and Aakash B. Raman will have the opportunity to compete for National Merit Scholarships, Corporate-Sponsored Merit Scholarship Awards and College-Sponsored Merit Scholarship Awards.
To become semifinalists, the students competed with more than 1.5 million high school juniors in nearly 22,000 high schools across the country by taking the PSAT/National Merit Qualifying Test. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists represents less than one percent of current U.S. high school seniors. More than 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and more than half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title.
Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies, without regard to gender, race, ethnic origin, or religious preference.
National Merit Commended Students receive Letters of Commendation in recognition of their outstanding academic promise. Pictured, (back row, from left) are Alex Van Orden, Mark Lalor, Michael Zimlinghaus, Fan Lu, Tanner Gaccione, Maggie Meiman, Felix Ke (middle row) Xining Gao, Victoria Qian, Tiffany Jiang, Aakash Raman, Alex Eng, Stephen Boylan, Eric Ward (front row) Katherine Steifel, Christina Pierson, Sarah Bausmith, Lia Chen, Kathryn Foster, Bennett Mirabito. (courtesy photo)Merit Scholarship and National Achievement winners for 2016 are scheduled to be announced in the spring of 2016.
National Merit Commended Students receive Letters of Commendation in recognition of their outstanding academic promise. They are Alex Van Orden, Mark Lalor, Michael Zimlinghaus, Fan Lu, Tanner Gaccione, Maggie Meiman, Felix Ke, Xining Gao, Victoria Qian, Tiffany Jiang, Aakash Raman, Alex Eng, Stephen Boylan, Eric Ward, Katherine Steifel, Christina Pierson, Sarah Bausmith, Lia Chen, Kathryn Foster, Bennett Mirabito.