Dozens Named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

Officials recently announced the names of 16,000 semifinalists in the 58th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. 

The semifinalists—more than 40 of whom are from Del Norte, Rancho Bernardo and Westview high schools—are among the 1.5 million juniors in 22,000 high schools to apply for the program, which offers $32 million worth of scholarships. Winners will be announced beginning in April. 

Here's a list of students from our local high schools who will advance to the next round:

Del Norte High School (14 students)

• Nithish Arunkumar
• Tammy Chen
• Sahil Chinoy
• Hyun Y. Jung
• Joyce Lee
• Margaret S. Lee
• Kimberly Liu
• Michelle M. Niu
• Sruthi Ramesh
• Shraman Ray-Chaudhuri
• Jungwoo Son
• Zhonghao You
• Zhaoyu Sunny Zhang
• Jessica L. Zhou

Rancho Bernardo High School (13 students)

• Ryan J. Chen
• Junhan Cheng
• Yuwei G. Dai
• Jason J. Gao
• Amy J. Gimlin
• Gautam Gupta
• Hyunjun Ha
• Melody Y. Huang
• Dyan S. Khor
• Kyungna Kim
• Amanda M. Sevilleja
• Colin R. Wee
• Ling L. Zeng

Westview High School (16 students)

• Vineel C. Adusumili
• Isaac D. Becker
• Cheng Cheng
• Aaron C. Chin
• Albert W. Gehami
• Daniel Guan
• Victor Han
• Dong Hyun Kim
• Laurence J. Li
• Ian Lim
• Monica Mac
• Sanket Padmanabhan
• Allen Y. Shi
• Matthew E. Sorensen
• Ying S. Vuong
• Suyang Wang