Drum Roll: Hinsdale Central HS Announces Class of 2017 National Merit Semifinalists

Hinsdale Central High School proudly announced this week its National Merit Semifinalists for the Class of 2017.

Students are automatically screened for the program when taking the PSAT/NMSQT test in October of their junior year. The nationwide pool of semifinalists, which represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest scoring entrants in each state.

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Hinsdale Central's National Merit Semifinalists for the Class of 2017 include 26 high achievers who were selected from a nationwide pool, according to a Hinsdale Township High School District 86 news release.

Students are automatically screened for the program when taking the PSAT/NMSQT during October of their junior year.

"The ... semifinalists, which represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, include the highest scoring entrants in each state," the release said. "According to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, (they) will have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $33 million that will be offered next spring."

Semifinalists include:

• Balakrishnan, Chitra J.
• Chang, Eric T.
• Choi, Alex K.
• Chun, Carolyn G.
• Cunniff, Austin G.
• Davis, Stephanie L.
• Deo, Shubhankar
• Ding, Cecilia S.
• Garje, Atharv S.
• Guenther, Megan
• Harrast, Maria
• Hawthorne, Cagan M.
• Hu, Helen L.
• Karstrand, Andrew L.
• Knott, Julianne
• Krishnan, Meera J.
• Kukadia, Isha
• Lin, Lancelot
• Luo, Maxiwell J.
• Monson, Nicholas G.
• Nevling, Matthew
• Rizvi, Syed M.
• Schnieders, Benjamin P.
• Su, Michael L.
• Wang, Harrison K.
• Wang, Rachel

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