Hinsdale Central Students Named National Merit Semifinalists

HINSDALE, IL — Twenty students at Hinsdale Central High School have been named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists. According to National Merit, about 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program.

According to the release, to become a Finalist, the semifinalist and his or her high school must submit a detailed scholarship application, in which they provide information about the semifinalist’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received.

The students from Hinsdale Central who have been named semifinalists are:

• Praveen Balaji
• Jeremy Bao
• Shanshan Cao
• Nicole Cheung
• Andrea Collins
• Parker Frankiewicz
• Sophia Horowicz
• Alexandra Hughes
• David Jin
• Harsha Kaul
• Margaret Keller
• Xinru Li
• Benjamin Lotsoff
• Craig McLaughlin
• Davis Miller
• Zaid Peracha
• Qianfan Song
• Alex Treankler
• Rachel Wu
• Grace Zhou

The National Merit organization said from the approximately 16,000 semifinalists, about 15,000 are expected to advance to the Finalist level, and in February they will be notified of this designation. All National Merit Scholarship winners will be selected from this group of Finalists.

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