118 Fremont Students Are 2024 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

FREMONT, CA — 118 Fremont students were named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced Wednesday. 105 students attend Fremont Unified School District high schools while the remaining students attend other schools or are homeschooled.

According to district spokesperson Laura Forrest, the City of Fremont is in the top three California cities in terms of total semifinalists for the third year in a row. Fremont is the 16th most populous city in the state but only trails San Diego and San Jose, the second- and third-most populous cities in California.

"I congratulate each student named as a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist, along with the proud families and educators who stand behind them," said FUSD Superintendent CJ Cammack. "The consistently high number of Fremont Unified students recognized as semifinalists is a strong indicator of our students’ dedication to academic excellence, and underscores the strength of our district’s educators and schools."

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Here are the 2024 Fremont semifinalists:

AMERICAN High School

Amin, Dhairya M.
Arshad, Jahsh
Athreya, Rishabh
Bhat, Vishal
Jain, Miraya
Kim, Linwoo
Nghiem, Vincent X.
Pathri, Harshil S.
Prasad, Ujjawal
Raghavan, Aarthi
Sadagopan, Shakkthipratha
Saha, Ishaan
Sathishkumar, Naren K.
Seetharaman, Aditya B.
Shapiro, Nessya G.
Singh, Divyansh
Yang, Heng

BASIS INDEPENDENT

Chen, Christopher H.
Das, Heeya
Fan, Shirley S.
Kasichainula, Revant
Long, Yifei
Peng, Alicia
Peter, Aidan J.
Prabhu, Anjali V.
Wu, Ruoqing
Xiao, Alan

FREMONT CHRISTIAN High School

Makur, Neil

HOMESCHOOL

McGuire, Claire R.
Narang, Keshav

IRVINGTON High School

Bai, Yuxuan
Bansal, Sparsh
Chang, Jeffrey
Chow, Aiden F.
Deb, Srishti
Gangal, Krish
Garg, Anjali
Gootya, Anindita V.
Gunasekar, Shreyaa
Guo, Sicheng
Gupta, Akshaj
Hu, Aaron
Huang, Benjamin
Iyer, Anoushka S.
Jain, Prisha N.
Kondaveeti, Shreyas B.
Maddi, Prithvi
Maheshwari, Kritika
Mathur, Pratyush
Seto, Fiona J.
Shen, Katelyn
Shoukat, Iman
Singh, Aditya
Singh, Akshatvir
Vajragiri, Shubha
Vatsyayan, Ojas
Vedere, Ved R.
Vyas, Pranav V.
Wang, Lindsay Y.
Zhao, Aden K.
Zhao, Boyu

JOHN F. KENNEDY High School

Henrie, Amalira M.

MISSION SAN JOSE High School

Babra, Prabhvir S.
Basetty, Akhilesh
Borra, Aditi
Deng, Amanda Y.
Deshmukh, Svara
Devata, Anandita
Dinker, Arushi S.
Goli, Sahas
Guo, Jiyun
Han, Karina
Hsiao, Ryan M.
Jiang, Kevin T.
Joshi, Anay
Kin, Gianna Y.
Kodnani, Vedesh R.
Kou, Candra
Li, Brian M.
Li, Emma M.
Liu, Daniel J.
Lou, Karen
Lu, Olivia S.
Mahesh Kumar, Gokulanath
Malur, Himani N.
Menon, Sophie
Murai, Tyler K.
Pan, Kevin Y.
Pandey, Pratyay
Peddi, Tarakanath
Peng, Brandon
Pham, Anhminh
Rathi, Shreyas
Shrivastava, Suhana
Singh, Saranya
Tang, Ethan L.
Tran, Nicholas
Upadhyayula, Nishanth
Upadya, Aadrij
Venkat, Sairisheeth
Walia, Yuvraj
Wang, Allison J.
Wang, Ellena Z.
Wang, Jasmine
Wang, Joseph G.
Xu, Kerry
Xu, Kevin
Yang, Evan
Yao, Vincent
Yin, Jack J.
Zou, Cindy

WASHINGTON High School

Chan, Katelyn J.
Jayaprakash, Akshaya
Kapoor, Ronit
Nabar, Neha
Pedapenki, Sireesh
Singh, Arnav
Usmani, Maha A.

The students join more than 16,000 students in the running to receive scholarships to help them further their education.

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.