Danville Students Win National Merit Scholarships

DANVILLE, CA — Five Danville students were awarded $2500 National Merit Scholarships financed by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

The students were among 770 high school seniors nationally who advanced to the finalist level. In September, more than 16,000 semifinalists were selected on the basis of their PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test scores. To advance to the finalist round, semifinalists needed to have an outstanding academic record, be endorsed or recommended by a high school official, and earn SAT or ACT scores that confirm their qualifying test performance.

Several different National Merit Scholarships are announced at different points, so more Danville students are likely to be announced as winners in the coming months.

In the most recent round, the Tri-Valley saw five scholarship winners in San Ramon, nine in Dublin, seven in Pleasanton, and one in Livermore.

Below are the names, probable career fields, and schools of the Danville winners:

• Sheldon Tan, undecided, Monte Vista High School
• Ethem Gulcu, international relations, Monte Vista High School
• Benjamin Klieger, entrepreneurship, homeschooled
• Adithya Ramesh, medicine, Monte Vista High School
• Hannah Abigail Yang, bioengineering, Monte Vista High School