Dublin Students Win National Merit Scholarships

DUBLIN, CA — Nine Dublin students were awarded $2500 National Merit Scholarships financed by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

The students were among 770 high school seniors nationally who advanced to the finalist level. In September, more than 16,000 semifinalists were selected on the basis of their PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test scores. To advance to the finalist round, semifinalists needed to have an outstanding academic record, be endorsed or recommended by a high school official, and earn SAT or ACT scores that confirm their qualifying test performance.

Several different National Merit Scholarships are announced at different points, so more Dublin students are likely to be announced as winners in the coming months.

In the most recent round, the Tri-Valley saw five scholarship winners in Danville, five in San Ramon, seven in Pleasanton, and one in Livermore.

Below are the names and probable career fields of the Dublin winners. All attend Dublin High School.

• Brian Guan, writing
• Jerry Huang, aerospace engineering
• Anurag Jakkula, statistics
• Isaac Kim, biomedical engineering
• Divij Muthu, computer science
• Manasvi Pula, computer science
• Alexander Suen, electrical engineering
• Angelina Wu, commercial art
• Richard Wu, computer science