Greenhill Seniors Recognized by National Merit Scholarship Program
The National Merit Scholarship Program announced that nine Greenhill seniors have received the distinct honor of qualifying as Semifinalists and 21 seniors have received the honor of Commended Students in the 64th Annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically-talented seniors will have the opportunity to continue in the competition for over 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth over $31-million that will be offered next spring.
Below is a list of the Greenhill students selected as Semifinalists: Emily Budarapu Andrew Estrada Robert Gao Pulkit Gupta Rishika Kaja Joshua Kwon Manvi Mittal William Shi Brian Zhou
Below is a list of the Greenhill students selected as Commended Students: Samar Ahmad Alec Becker Samuel Bovard Samuel Charnes Kate Gould Harrison Heymann Finn Johnson Sophie Little Luke Lombardi Phoebe Metzger-Levitt Kyra Moran Tyler Pitts Benjamin Pollack Sophia Rigg Barrett Russ Anthony Shidid Rithu Sreenath Joseph Vettoretti Jordan Wartell Timothy Wegener Christine Wu
In order to be considered for a finalist designation, students must have an outstanding academic record throughout Upper School; be endorsed and recommended by an Upper School official; write an essay; and earn SAT scores that confirm their prior performance on the qualifying test. The 2019 National Merit Scholarships recipients will be announced beginning in April, and the recipients will join more than 338,000 other students from across the country that have earned the Merit Scholar title.