Congratulations to Bridget Babcox, Tessa Murthy, Sanjana Roy, Charlotte Tse, and Rebecca Weinberger, the five Hathaway Brown seniors who have been chosen as National Merit Semifinalists this year for their high scores on the preliminary SAT. Fewer than one percent of high school seniors across the country are part of this prestigious list, which includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. The 16,000 semifinalists may advance as finalists and compete for 7,600 National Merit Scholarships, worth $33 million, that will be offered next spring.

About 90 percent of the Semifinalists in this 60th annual National Merit Scholarship Program are expected to attain Finalist standing, and more than half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title.

Kudos to these students on this outstanding achievement.