19 Baldwin Seniors Honored by National Merit Program

Baldwin is proud to announce that the National Merit® Scholarship Program recognized 19 students from our senior class. In the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program, seven Baldwin students have been named Semifinalists, 11 students have been named Commended Students and one student was honored with a National African American Recognition Award.

Samantha Bramen, Eliana Jean, Vivian Palmer, Eesha Sharma, Saranya Singh, Lighthouse Wu and Emilie Xie have been recognized as Semifinalists for their outstanding performance on the 2022 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®). Of the nearly 1.3 million high school juniors who entered the program, these seven Baldwin students were among 16,000 seniors who qualified for recognition as Semifinalists.

In addition to Baldwin’s Semifinalists, Marin Alter, Gwen Bradwell, Alexandra Cappola, Megan Chan, Cassie Foo, Harper Hoffman, Rena Kaplan, Caroline Parillo, Olivia Stephan, Gemma Undercofler and Ava Wood have been named National Merit Commended Students and Eliza Bryant was honored with a National African American Recognition Award.

From the approximately 16,000 Semifinalists, about 95 percent are expected to attain Finalist standing, and approximately half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title. Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments and potential for success in rigorous college studies. Three types of National Merit Scholarships will be offered in the spring of 2024. Every Finalist will compete for one of 2,500 National Merit $2,500 Scholarships that will be awarded on a state-representational basis. About 840 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards will be provided by approximately 160 corporations and business organizations for Finalists who meet their specified criteria. In addition, about 160 colleges and universities are expected to finance approximately 3,800 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards for Finalists who will attend the sponsor institution.

About The Baldwin School

The Baldwin School is an independent, all-girls college preparatory school for Pre-Kindergarten – Grade 12 students. The school was founded in 1888 by Florence Baldwin under the traditions of academic excellence, integrity and community. Today, Baldwin develops talented girls into confident young women with vision, global understanding and the competency to make significant and enduring contributions to the world. For more information, visit www.BaldwinSchool.org.