This article was written by Katherine Quesada, class of 2018.
Last spring, 79 Heritage students were recognized out of 50,000 commended scholars in the nation, scoring in the top one percent on the National Merit Semifinalist Qualifying Test, the PSAT, October 2016. Of these 79, 48 seniors have now joined a group of 16,000 students across the nation in being awarded the National Merit Semifinalist title. These students have maintained Heritage’s ranking as #1 in the State of Florida for National Merit Semifinalists, and now have the opportunity to compete for 7,500 scholarships adding up to approximately $32 million. The recognized seniors are listed below.
- Akkiraju, Anurag K.
- Alonso, Matthew M.
- Atluri, Sriraj
- Bafna, Aditya
- Baquerizo, Fiona M.
- Brown, Chloe A.
- Chan, Melody H.
- Chandrasekaran, Sajiv G.
- Cohen, Dawson H.
- Dong, June Y.
- Donskoi, Sophia N.
- Galbreath, Michael D.
- Gonzalez, Arturo S.
- Jiang, Joyce Z.
- Kabir, Zihan A.
- Kang, Jessica J.
- Kasarla, Nithya
- Kim, Min-kyu
- Kolondra Jr., Andrew G.
- Leon, Sofia E.
- Liu, Zhengyang
- Lu, Karen
- Makkar, Jasson K.
- Matei, Christopher A.
- Michel, Melina
- Min, David
- Patel, Kishan M.
- Pena, Cassandra M.
- Quesada, Katherine G.
- Ranis, Max P.
- Rathe, Sydnie E.
- Riesenberg, Jamie A.
- Rivera, Fernando D.
- Rogers, Anna M.
- Ryals, Vanessa M.
- Sarnecki, Daniel B.
- Singh, Justin J.
- Stewart, Jordan A.
- Tanchak, Jacob A.
- Tuck, Jacob C.
- Vedantam, Sameera
- Waldman, Lauren
- Wang, Patrick T.
- Ward, Faith I.
- Washington, Kamryn
- Weber, Alexander R.
- Wu, Jessica J.
- Yan, Alexander Z.
Find a complete list of all semifinalists in the state: http://www.fldoe.org/newsroom/national-merit.stml