Troy Boasts 60 National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalists

Today 60 Troy School District students were named National Merit Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. This honor is bestowed to less than one percent of students nationwide, based on their scores on the Preliminary SAT. Over 1.5 million juniors in about 21,000 high schools take the PSAT every year, and 16,000 students across the country have been designated Semifinalists for 2023.

“We are so proud of our outstanding students and the recognition they bring to our District and City,” said Troy School District Superintendent Rich Machesky. “They will represent us well on the national stage, and we have no doubt they will continue to do great things and have a positive impact here in Troy and on the world around them.”

Semifinalists listed in alphabetical order by last name:

Aggarwal, Deepti (THS)

Arora, Aanvi (IAE)

Bajji, Yashwanth S (THS)

Bendi, Srivatsav (THS)

Bhavsar, Puja T (IAE)

Bhide, Sarang S (THS)

Booza, Grace E (THS)

Chakraborty, Tridib (THS)

Chen, Jonathan (THS)

Chenfang, Hayley K (THS)

Choi, Jeongwoo (THS)

Das, Arkesh (THS)

Dubbaka, Yashwant R (IAE)

Dutta, Aksheet R (THS)

Dutta, Riya (THS)

Fan, Jiaxuan C (THS)

Ghosalkar, Krish V (THS)

Guan, Faye J (THS)

Gullipalli, Shailesh K (IAE)

Gummadi, Ananya S (THS)

Gunukula, Akul R (THS)

Guo, Junie Q (THS)

Hede-Sakhardande, Rhea (THS)

Henne, Ethan C (THS)

Jhun, Michael S (IAE)

Ji, Maximus Y (THS)

Kanuri, Sreejani S (IAE)

Kashi, Aditi (IAE)

Katuri, Lekhana (THS)

Komaragiri, Anurag S (THS)

Ku, Isabell (THS)

Lin, Jason B (THS)

Luo, Karen C (THS)

Magar, George A (THS)

Mandadi, Tanvi (IAE)

Mathew, Jessica (THS)

Naravetla, Varun R (THS)

Natarajan, Naveen (THS)

Paladugu, Rithwik (IAE)

Paul, Brojananda (IAE)

Peela, Hrudyanth (THS)

Penumalee, Varsha S (THS)

Qureshi, Muhammad (THS)

Rabbani, Haajirah F (THS)

Salam, Naveed (AHS)

Shanbhag, Anish (THS)

Suthy, Nihil (THS)

Thavamani, Ruthesh (THS)

Tu, Huron (THS)

Varshney, Madhur (THS)

Verma, Vishesh (THS)

Wang, Cynthia M (THS)

Wang, Harry (THS)

Wei, Lily (THS)

Xiao, Helen P (THS)

Xu, Sonnet H (THS)

Yang, Dennis (THS)

Yee, Tyler L (THS)

Zhang-Zheng, Aaron J (THS)

Zhu, Tianhui (THS)

From the approximately 16,000 semifinalists, about 15,000 (nearly all) are expected to advance to the Finalist level where 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. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. About 95 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and approximately half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title which will be announced in the Spring.

We will be formally recognizing these outstanding students at a ceremony and reception on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, 6 – 8 pm at Troy High School.

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