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Check the 24 Hinsdale Central National Merit Semifinalists

Semifinalists nationwide represent 1 percent of high school seniors.

Hinsdale, IL — Twenty-four Hinsdale Central High School seniors were recently announced as semifinalists in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Competition:

  • Chloe Attlan
  • Aryan Bahl
  • Dov Chen
  • Qing Dang
  • Kai Dubauskas
  • Mikhail Essa
  • Amer Goel
  • Ethan Greenwald
  • Ajay Jejurikar
  • Yahya Junejo
  • Thomas Kusak
  • Sidh Leekha
  • Henning Ley
  • Marit Ley
  • Joseph Marek
  • Sean Millman
  • Kaitlin Mrksich
  • Benjamin Newton
  • Derek Song
  • John Tischke
  • Jessie Wang
  • Katherine Wilson
  • Aileen Yang
  • Kaitlyn Zhu

They will now have the opportunity to advance in the competition and be considered for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $30 million that will be offered next spring, according to a news release.

Nationwide, the pool of semifinalists represents 1 percent of high school seniors. They include the highest-scoring test entrants in each state

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