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37 Edison Students Are 2023 National Merit Semifinalists
More than 1.5 million students applied to the program. Around 16,000 seniors will compete for the scholarships next spring.
EDISON, NJ — Thirty-seven Edison students have been named semi-finalists for the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program.
The semi-finalists were announced on Wednesday, Sept. 13, and include around 16,000 high-school seniors who will go on to compete for the scholarships that will be offered next spring.
Here are the students from Edison:
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EDISON ACADEMY MAGNET SCHOOL
- Kavya Aggarwal
- Namit Agrawal
- Arnuv Batra
- Sushant Chadha
- Radha S. Ghate
- Pranav M. Joshi
- Yuvraj Lakhotia
- Prisha Maggu
- Sarvagna Malladi
- Anas Owais
- Alan R. Shi
- Pranav Sitaraman
- Arya Swaminathan
EDISON H. S.
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- Sushanth Balaraman
- Archit Dwivedi
- Atharva A. Inamdar
- Agastya Kalagarla
JOHN P. STEVENS H. S.
- Meena T. Babu
- Vincent Cao
- Brandon J. Chang
- Samit Gadekar
- Naisha R. Guttikonda
- Anagh Kanagala
- Ashrith Kollu
- Shardul Krishna Kumar
- Pranaya Murugan
- Esha Patel
- Dylan V. Prithyani
- Vidyut Rajagopal
- Arnav Sadeesh
- Anagh N. Sheth
- Sivamurugan Velmurugan
- Andy Xu
- Emma Zhang
- Jerome Zhang
WARDLAW - HARTRIDGE SCHOOL
- Heidi Pan
- Aadithya Srinivasan
According to a press release from the National Merit Scholarship Program, more than 90 percent of the semi-finalists will be named as finalists for the scholarship. Of those finalists, about half will win a scholarship.
More than 1.5 million students applied for the highly competitive scholarship and the semi-finalists represent less than 1 percent of all high-school seniors in the U.S. For each state, the number of semi-finalists is proportional to that state's percentage of the total graduating seniors in the country.
To become a finalist, the program explains that students and a high school official must submit a detailed application. The application must contain information about a student's academic record, leadership abilities, the honors and awards they've received and more.
National Merit Scholarship winners of 2024 will be announced in four nationwide news releases beginning in April and concluding in July.
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