Bethesda Students Named As Semifinalists In National Merit Scholarship Competition

BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE, MD — Students in Bethesda and Chevy Chase have qualified as semifinalists in the 67th National Merit Scholarship competition. There are 16,000 semifinalists nationwide, and 15,000 of them are expected to go on to become finalists. The students were designated as semifinalists because of their PSAT scores.

The students who named as semifinalists in Bethesda and Chevy Chase are:

• Joey G. Giordano
• Noah B. Knishkowy
• Sanjula Pingali
• Auguste Rame
• Evan M. Song
• Hannah Z. Thier
• Grace C. Wilkins
• Hudson Yon

French International School

• Klara E. Drees-Gross

Holton-Arms School

• Sukhmani K. Kakar
• Ester Schneiderova
• Isabella M. Terhune
• Qianya Wang

Walter Johnson High School

• Andrew P. Berube
• Ainesh Chatterjee
• Abigail J. Dodd
• Emily Hsu
• Yixin Lao
• Sophia E. Meytin
• Alexandra A. Osterhues
• Henry L. Ponyicsanyi
• Richard Sbaschnig
• Martin Soros
• Charles Z. Wang

Walt Whitman High School

• Joseph A. Aron
• Griffin J. Beckley
• Samuel J. Bogdanovsky
• Christopher Brown
• Iman Ilias
• Joshua M. Lee
• Felix J. Leonhardt
• Grace E. Li
• Lily Liu
• Hugh Markham
• Aravinth Venkatesh Natarajan
• Nil Ozdemir
• Sarah C. Price
• Shelby L. Roman
• Peter P. Silvia
• Christopher C. Sylvester
• Shue Ying L. Tan
• Merin E. Thomas
• Ezra Tinsky
• Maxwell C. Walker

Chevy Chase- Homeschool

• Alexander A L. Kreidler

"These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $30 million that will be offered next spring," the National Merit corporation said in the announcement.

Finalists will be announced sometime in February, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation said.

Finalists can win three types of National Merit Scholarships: $2,500 scholarships, corporate scholarships, and university scholarships. Corporate scholarships typically go to the children of employees or students who live in the community where the corporation is based. University scholarships are granted by the school the student will attend.

The winners of the scholarships will be announced in waves from April to June.