Dublin Students Named National Merit Semifinalists

DUBLIN, CA — Thirty-five students who attend school in Dublin were named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced. That includes 18 students from Dublin High School and 17 from the Quarry Lane School.

The students joined more than 16,000 students in the running to be named a National Merit Scholar, and receive a $2500 scholarship to help them further their educations. The following semifinalists received PSAT/NMSQT exam scores high enough to place them in the top one percent of US high school seniors:

DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL:

1. Greeshma R. Adiga
2. Anuraag Aravind
3. Laasya Balupari
4. Kashyap R. Bharadwaj
5. Vineel Bhattiprolu
6. Sonya W. Chamberlain
7. Aditya Das
8. Evan A. Fielding
9. Kevin L. Geng
10. Tarini Gurusankar
11. Franklin J. Liu
12. Isha Mittal
13. Abhijoy N. Mukherjee
14. Matthew G. Noique
15. Kaito Suzuki
16. Emma L. Wang
17. Eric Y. Xiao
18. Jason Zhou

QUARRY LANE SCHOOL:

1. William Chen
2. Yao Chen
3. Ricky Hu
4. Dhruv V. Iyer
5. Diya Jain
6. Ada Ji
7. Harshitha Karippara
8. Tiffany Liu
9. Pranati Mannava
10. Krishiv Manyam
11. Dev Mehra
12. Srinitha Sridharan
13. Saravanan Valliappan
14. Ryan Wong
15. Crystal Xie
16. San Yam
17. Elizabeth Zhuge

To become a finalist, semifinalists must submit a detailed application that provides information on their academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received. They must also write an essay, be recommended by a high school official, and receive SAT or ACT scores high enough to qualify.

About 95 percent of semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and approximately half of finalists are expected to win a National Merit Scholarship, according to the NMSC. Winners will be announced in four news releases from April to July of 2025.