Carmel, IN – Carmel Clay Schools congratulates the 45 Carmel High School students named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists for 2016. These seniors have the opportunity to continue in the competition for 7,400 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million.
Carmel Clay Schools 2016 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists are as follows:
Mariam Bari
Ashwin Biju
Natalia K. Chaudhry
Michael Cheng
Natalie G. Ciresi
Christopher C. Coraggio
Miles J. Dai
Richard Y. Du
Christine T. Fernando
Irene E. Georgiadis
Victoria Gulliver
Aryaman Gupta
Calvin J. Henry
Samantha N. Hunter
Alexander M. Jolly
Ryan Jou
Simon H. Langowski
Micheal Li
Kathryn Y. Lin
Sarah M. Liu
Stanley W. Liu
Emma S. Love
Vikas R. Maturi
Laxmi Palde
Akshar Patel
Ellen Y. Peng
James E. Pescio
Joseph J. Philleo
Kimaya R. Raje
Patrick S. Reeves
Rachael M. Seidensticker
Joseph Seo
Neil S. Shah
Aaron J. Shi
Jessica M. Tao
Jarod L. Throckmorton
Maria N. Triantafyllopoulos
Sreya Vemuri
Dana X. Wang
Olivia S. Wang
Ryan W. Wright
Tiffany H. Xie
Alex J. Yom
Cynthia D. Yue
Matthew Z. Zheng
“These students have attained a remarkable accomplishment and Carmel Clay Schools is tremendously proud of each of our 45 National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists,” stated Dr. Nicholas D. Wahl, Superintendent of Schools for Carmel Clay Schools.
Approximately one-third of the 50,000 high scorers on the PSAT/NMSQT qualify as Semifinalists from across the nation. These are the highest scoring entrants in each state and are designated on a state-representational basis.