Nine Seniors Named National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalists

Nine Bronxville High School seniors – Sean Ahn, Valentino Angelani, Elizabeth Barnes, Nathaniel Deutsch, William Gaston, Charles Greenfield, Sebastian Jew, Mustafa Khizar and Ava Toolan – have been named semifinalists in the highly competitive 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program.

The students are among the top 16,000 high school students nationwide who have been selected to continue in the competition for approximately 6,700 scholarships, which will be awarded next spring.

To advance to the finalist level, semifinalists must meet several requirements established by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Approximately 95 percent of semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing and about half of those finalists are expected to receive a National Merit Scholarship.