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16 seniors named National Merit Semifinalist

16 seniors named National Merit Semifinalist
Posted on 09/16/2020
CSHS National Merit Semifinalists

A total of 16 College Station ISD seniors were recently named semifinalists in the 66th-annual National Merit Scholarship Program announced the National Merit Scholar Corporation.

CSISD has had 228 semifinalists in the last 18 years and averaged an astounding 12.7  semifinalists per year.

 

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CSISD National Merit Semifinalists (CSISD schools attended)

  • David Chang (Pebble Creek, Oakwood, AMCMS, AMCHS)
  • Camille Chiu (CSMS, CSHS)
  • Celine Choi (Rock Prairie, Cypress Grove, AMCMS, AMCHS)
  • Shruthi Garla (CG, CSMS, CSHS)
  • Paul Kim (Pebble Creek, Oakwood, AMCMS, CSHS)
  • Sunshine Leeuwon (Creek View, Cypress Grove, CSMS, CSHS)
  • Claire McAdams (College Hills, Southwood Valley, Oakwood, AMCMS, AMCHS)
  • Vincent Musser (Forest Ridge, Cypress Grove, CSMS, CSHS)
  • Kyle Palermo (Forest Ridge, Cypress Grove, CSMS, CSHS)
  • Ruby Perry-Mize (Pebble Creek, Oakwood, AMCMS, AMCHS)
  • Elise Sawyer (Pebble Creek, Oakwood, AMCMS, AMCHS)
  • Noah Taylor (South Knoll, Oakwood, CSMS, CSHS)
  • Saim Waheed (CSMS, CSHS)
  • Bill Wang (College Hills, Oakwood, AMCMS, AMCHS)
  • Bryan Yan (Rock Prairie, Cypress Grove, CSMS, CSHS)
  • Ruth Yao (Rock Prairie, South Knoll, College Hills, Cypress Grove, CSMS, CSHS)

The 16 CSISD students are now in a pool of approximately 16,000 semifinalists nationwide and are competing for 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth a total of approximately $31 million.  About 90% of the semifinalists are expected to be named finalists and of those, around half will win a National Merit Scholarship and earn the prestigious National Merit Scholar title.

Scholarship winners for 2020 will be announced in a series of press releases beginning in April and concluding in May.

CSISD National Merit Semifinalists by year:

  • 2003:  7
  • 2004:  10
  • 2005:  9
  • 2006:  17
  • 2007:  17
  • 2008:  7
  • 2009:  16
  • 2010:  9
  • 2011:  11
  • 2012:  15
  • 2013:  14
  • 2014:  12
  • 2015:  12
  • 2016:  20
  • 2017:  13
  • 2018:  12
  • 2019:  11
  • 2020:  16

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