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15 Naperville Central Students Named National Merit Semifinalists
See which Naperville Central students were named 2024 semifinalists for the National Merit Scholarship Program.
NAPERVILLE, IL — Fifteen students from Naperville Central were recently named 2024 semifinalists for the National Merit Scholarship Program.
The students are:
- Athena Chen
- Addison Cho
- Celeste Emery
- Vittoria Galena
- Eric Hu
- Hamza Hasan
- Kynan McCabe-Wild
- Jake Pfeffer
- Brian Schlesinger
- Deetya Singhal
- Aarit Tewatia
- Jason Xu
- Melody Xu
- Kira Yang
- Harry Yu
The students were among 16,000 semifinalists named in the annual program. They can now compete to receive a National Merit Scholarship from among $28 million in awards that the program will grant to exceptional students.
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To qualify for a scholarship, the students must complete an application, and submit their academic and extracurricular information, a letter of recommendation and an essay.
Finalists will be announced in February.
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