A record 19 Unionville High School students were honored this week as National Merit Semi-Finalists.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — A record 19 Unionville High School students were named National Merit Semi-Finalists this week.
The 19 named beats the old school record of 13 — a number hit the last two years — and is yet another honor for the high school, which has been listed among the top high schools in the nation by a number of national publications in 2014.
These talented students scored in the top 1% in the country on their 11th grade PSAT (Preliminary SAT). To give a context to the students’ scores, 5.5% of UHS students taking the PSAT in October 2013 scored in the top 1% in the country.
These academically talented UHS seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million nationwide, which will be offered next spring. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U. S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state.
The names of the Semi-Finalists are: Abhinav Akki, Ryan Andes, Laura Barthold, Daniel Beckman, Atma Bery, Laura Burger, Nicholas Caputo, Haley Christofides, Nikita Iyer, Haley Keglovitis, Shashwat Kishore, Alex Lui, Drew Moses, Jeffrey Phillips, Miles Powell, Tucker Reese, Samir Streatfield,
Olivia Young and Beverly Zhuge.
