Eight Baldwin School Seniors Honored by National Merit Program

The Baldwin School is proud to announce that eight students from its senior class have been recognized by the National Merit® Scholarship Program. Three Baldwin students have been named Semifinalists and five students have been named Commended Students in the 2017 62nd annual National Merit® Scholarship Program.

Cara Guernsey, Hilary Liu and Pranshu Suri have been recognized as Semifinalists for their outstanding performance on the 2016 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®). Of the nearly 1.6 million high school juniors who entered the program, these three Baldwin students were among 16,000 seniors who qualified for recognition as Semifinalists.

Semifinalists have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships, worth about $33 million that will be offered next spring. About 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and about half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title. Finalists will be selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments and potential for success in rigorous college studies.

In addition to Baldwin’s Semifinalists, Melia Hagino, Olivia Isenberg-Landes, Sabrina Rustgi, Sara Syed and Emily Thompson have been named National Merit Commended Students by the 2018 National Merit Scholarship program.

"We are extremely proud of our seniors recognized by National Merit,” said Valerie Marchand Welsh, Director of College Counseling. “Baldwin students are extraordinary in their academic and extra-curricular accomplishments. We know that our students will go on to be life-long learners and will have an impact in their own way. We wish them the best of luck."