60 San Ramon Students Named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

SAN RAMON, CA — Sixty students who attend school in San Ramon were named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced Tuesday.

The students joined more than 16,000 students in the running to be named a National Merit Scholar, and receive a $2500 scholarship to help them further their education. The following students received PSAT/NMSQT exam scores high enough to place them in the top one percent of US high school seniors:

CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL

1. Sara Gadad
2. Andrew Ma
3. Aarav Manjurath
4. Jax Milasincic
5. Shravya Salem Sathish
6. Ada Wang
7. Arthur Wang
8. Brian Wang

DOUGHERTY VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL

1. Prerita Babarjung
2. Anushka Bora
3. Dilara Caglar
4. Siddharth Chander
5. Kyle Chun
6. Anaisha Das
7. Luciana Dong
8. Mackenzie Duan
9. Ashish Duvvuri
10. Shaun Gao
11. Nidhi Gaonkar
12. Aadi Ghai
13. Avani Goyal
14. Shirin Kaur K. Grewal
15. Dhruv Harinath
16. Wesley He
17. Aditi Ilavajuthy
18. Abigail Kapur
19. Vaishnavi Kolluru
20. Neel Kondapalli
21. Swadhistha Koneti
22. Kushal Kulkarni
23. Eugene Kwek
24. Marcus Kwek
25. Kylie Lai
26. Anna Lau
27. Owen Lee
28. Michelle Li
29. Joyce Lin
30. Danny Liu
31. Anshans Maroo
32. Taneesh Matharasi
33. Sanjna Mundlapudi
34. Ashray Pamula
35. John Park
36. Taejun Park
37. Elaine Peng
38. Ananya Pinnamaneni
39. Isaac Pressman
40. Tanvi Rao
41. Rohan Reddy
42. Shruti Saini
43. Anand Shanker
44. Gia Sing
45. Anushka Taneja
46. Arav Wadhwa
47. Jerry Wang
48. Koji Wong
49. Evelyn Wu
50. Neal Yan
51. Dennis Yang
52. Andrew Yu

21 Danville students were also named semifinalists, bringing the total number of SRVUSD students named to 77.

To become a finalist, semifinalists must submit a detailed application that provides information on their academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received. They must also write an essay, be recommended by a high school official, and receive SAT or ACT scores high enough to qualify.

About 95 percent of semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and approximately half of finalists are expected to win a National Merit Scholarship, according to the NMSC.