18 Seniors Are National Merit Scholar Finalists

February 2023 Update: 

The 12 seniors named semifinalists are now National Merit Scholar Fiinalists and will compete for more than 7,000 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million.

Eighteen Hathaway Brown seniors were recognized in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program for their academic talent, as indicated by the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. 

Nationwide, 16,000 seniors were named Semifinalists. These seniors have the opportunity to advance as finalists and compete for more than 7,000 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million. About 95 percent of Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing and approximately half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship. Hathaway Brown’s Class of 2023 National Merit Semifinalists:

• Hua Fang
• Shubhee Gandhi
• Alison Gunzler
• Katie Harbaugh
• Alice Lin
• Saija Shah
• Marianna Steele
• Meredith Stewart
• Eesha Talasila
• Emily Wilson
• Maisie Yan
• Cindy Yu

National Merit Commended Students placed among 50,000 top scorers of more than 1.5 million students who entered the competition by taking the PSAT/NMSQT. Six members of the Class of 2023 are Commended Scholars: 

• Christina Bencin
• Maddy Bryan
• Anna Buchner
• Sahar Maleki
• Zoë Nelson
• Emma Ramon

To learn more about the National Merit Scholarship Program, visit www.nationalmerit.org.