38 Duluth Seniors Named National Merit Semifinalists

DULUTH, GA — Three students attending Duluth high schools have been named as one of 16,000 National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, announced Wednesday by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

This is the first step in consideration for 2,500 $2,500 National Merit Scholarships, that will be announced in the spring. Semifinalists, who represent less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, scored among the highest in the state on the PSAT exam. In February, about 15,000 are expected to advance to the finalist round, and final winners will be selected in batches from April through July. Winners are chosen based on their skills and accomplishments.

Here are the 38 semifinalists attending Duluth schools:

Duluth High School

• An T. Vu

Northview High School

• Alimuhammad Addis
• Rishikesh Badari
• Riya Bhadani
• Aditi Bhati
• Abinav R. Chari
• Vineeth Charugundia
• Edward Chen
• Riya R. Deshmukh
• Anuhya Dhanala
• Tianyu Dong
• Maxwell Z. Feng
• Maaher Gandhi
• Anisha R. Gurram
• Varsha V. Holsambre
• Nikita Jha
• Huiyu Jia
• Sonali Kaluri
• Jessica H. Kim
• Matthew J. Kim
• Siddarth S. Kolichala
• Pranav Koushik
• Shana Lee
• Emily Liu
• Melissa H. Liu
• Suhani Majahan
• Sahit Mamidipaka
• Semin Park
• Aparna P. Rommohan
• Amelia T. Rekapilli
• Riya Sachde
• Raul S. Sankhe
• Samay S. Shah
• Prasad K. Shetye
• Jatong Su
• Shreyas Suresh
• Anthony A. Wang
• Jeremy Wang