Congratulations to the 15 members of the Hathaway Brown Class of 2018 who  have received Letters of Commendation in recognition of their outstanding academic promise, based on their Preliminary Scholastic Achievement Test scores. More than 1.6 million juniors took the PSAT, and these students scored in the top 50,000 of those participants.

This is the largest number of Commended Students at HB in a given year. Last week, it was announced that 10 seniors were named National Merit Semifinalists, bringing the total of National Merit designations for the HB Class of 2018 to 25.

This year's HB National Merit Commended Students are:

Brice Bai, Sara Currier, Regina Egan, Molly Gleydura, Katie Halloran, Tae-Hee Kim, Julia Sofia Moreno, Amaya Razmi, Divya Sasidhar, Kate Snow, Anna Wen, Erin Xu, Ying Ying Yang, Michelle Yin, and Stephanie Zhou.