Slew Of National Merit Semi-Finalists Announced For Millburn Schools

MILLBURN, NJ — As in previous years, a high number of Millburn teens have been named semi-finalists in the National Merit Scholarship competition. Finalists for the college scholarships are announced in spring.

The process begins when students take their PSAT as a sophomore or junior in high school. Tens of thousands of students are chosen as Commended scholars.

During those students' senior year, the number is whittled to semi-finalists. This year, 16,000 semi-finalists were chosen.

To continue competing, they must submit an essay, recommendations, and more.

In spring, some of the student receive a $2,500 scholarship for college, while others may win an amount from a specific company or a college.

Millburn Semi-Finalists

While some towns in New Jersey had one or two semi-finalists this year — Livingston High School had five semi-finalists and Columbia High School in Maplewood had one — Millburn had a whopping 20 semi-finalists.

They are, in alphabetical order:

Abrams, Seth
Brenton, Spenser
Bu, Warren
Dave, Shona
Garg, Vatsal
Hemingson, Josh
Kuthari, Aarohi
Liu, Stanley
Luber, Ava
Robins, Liam
Shan, Kayla
Shen, David
Trinchillo, Madison
Turinsky, Zachary
Wang, Eric
Winick, Jacob
Woo, Sean
Yip, Ava
Zhang, Annabelle
Zhong, Amanda

Next Steps

The semi-finalists will compete for more than 7,250 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million, according to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which is a non-profit organization.

About 95 percent of the semi-finalists will attain finalist standing, and approximately half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title.

NMSC, a not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance, was
established in 1955 specifically to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 340 business
organizations and higher education institutions.