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Howard County Announces National Merit Scholarship Finalists

Students from every high school in the county have advanced in the national competition.

 

Forty-seven Howard County public school students -- representing every high school in the county -- have been named semifinalists in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship competition. 

The students will go on to compete with the approximately 16,000 other semifinalist from around the country in the national competition, which aims to promote respect for learning; highlight exceptional students; and stimulate support from organizations to sponsor scholarships. 

Ultimately about 8,300 students will be awarded scholarships. 

“I congratulate each of the 47 students for their outstanding academic accomplishments,” Superintendent Renee A. Foose said at the Oct. 2 Board of Education meeting. “These students represent every one of our high schools. This is what college readiness is all about.”

Students entered the competition by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. About one third of the 50,000 applicants go on to become semifinalists, according to the National Merit Corporation’s website.

For more information, visit the National Merit Scholorship Corporation's website.

The winners


Name High School
Aneesh Agrawal Centennial High School
Thomas Bagley Atholton High School
Alexandra J. Barrett Reservoir High School
Alexandra L. Blumhorst River Hill High School
Advait Chauhan Hammond High School
Jacqueline S.  Chen Centennial High School
Stephen Chen River Hill High School
Anthony T. Chong River Hill High School
Emily DeBoy Wilde Lake High School
Ali Delen Marriotts Ridge High School
George Ge River Hill High School
Qiyi He Centennial High School
Richard He Marriotts Ridge High School
Jessica H. Hennacy River Hill High School
David Hwang River Hill High School
Min Geol Joo Centennial High School
Delaney M. Jordan Glenelg High School
Yaniv Kazansky Centennial High School
Joshua H. Kim Centennial High School
Alexander Kohanski Atholton High School
Christopher T. Le River Hill High School
Seung H. Lee Centennial High School
Sebin Lee River Hill High School
Joy Li River Hill High School
Daniel J. Lieman Mt. Hebron High School
Mary Lin Marriotts Ridge High School
Rachel Linder Oakland Mills High School
Albert Liu Atholton High School
Rhea Malik Long Reach High School
Manas Mishra Howard High School
Taariq Mohammed River Hill High School
Michael Qian River Hill High School
Rayna X. Qian Mt. Hebron High School
Anna Rimlinger Marriotts Ridge High School
Theresa C. Rizk Glenelg High School
Clarissa L. Santori Centennial High School
Priya Thomas Atholton High School
Julia A. Thoreson Centennial High School
Jeremy Tsao Long Reach High School
Andrew G. Wang Mt. Hebron High School
Vivian W. Wang Centennial High School
Sophia H. Yang Reservoir High School
Juing D. Yeh Centennial High School
Anthony M. Yu River Hill High School
Elric H. Zhang River Hill High School
Melanie Zheng Centennial High School
Cathy Zhu Wilde Lake High School


Related Topics: National Merit Scholarship, National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists, and howard county schools

H.R. Pufnstuf

4:12 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012

Lots of foreign sounding names. I'm relieved to know that there actually are some people who still believe in hard work that are living in this country.

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