Congratulations to the nine Hathaway Brown seniors who have been chosen as National Merit Semifinalists for their high scores on the preliminary SAT. Less 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 8,000 National Merit Scholarships, worth $35 million, that will be offered next spring.

HB's National Merit Semifinalists in the 2014 National Merit Scholarship Program are:

Dhikshitha Balaji Megan Callanan Yasemin Cobanoglu Joey Gwinnell Riya Jagetia Amanda Keresztesy Aparna Narendrula Grace Phillips Michele Zhou