National Merit Semifinalists & Commended Scholars Named

Congratulations to the following Overlake students who have been named as National Merit Scholar Semifinalists:

Martin Armanasu

Rishi Jha

Cassandra Wan

Catherine Yeh.

This award is the result of their scoring in the 99% on the PSAT test in November 2016. There were over 1.5 million students who took the PSAT and only 16,000 scored in the 99% which represents less than 1% of all high school seniors across the country.

These students now have the opportunity to compete for scholarships from both colleges and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. This competition includes the students submitting a detailed scholarship application that includes a written essay, information about their academic record, participation in Overlake school activities as well as community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received.

In addition to our semifinalists, 21 Overlake students also received Letters of Commendation in recognition of their high PSAT scores, representing just 34,000 students nationwide. Please congratulate the following commended students:

Spencer Arons, Ethan Bartlow, Wesley Chan, Ryan Eldridge, Manasa Gadiraju, Harris Gardner, Anda Gavrilescu, Stephanie Guo, Cynthia Han, Vikram Kher, Usman Moazzam, Jessica Northey, Justin Pong, Rebecca Roskill, Zachary Smith, Reyhan Virani, Nicholas Waalkes, Kirby Wetherbee, Bryce Williams, Andrea Wynn, Wenqi Zhen.

National Merit Scholarship winners will be announced this spring.