Mason’s Commended Scholars, 28 Semi-Finalists, 4 Hispanic Scholars Honored During School Board Meeting
Ten percent of the Mason High School Class of 2019 has been recognized by the College Board. MHS's National Merit commended scholars,
28 semi-finalists, and four Hispanic scholars were recently honored during a special
Board of Education meeting.
Twenty-nine Mason High School seniors have been named Commended Students in the National Merit® Scholarship Program:
Shabib Ahmed, Catherine Berry, Calista Busch, Lonnie Chien, Arnav Divekar, Brogan Doran, Cindy Gu, Alan Guo, Yuxuan Guo, Torey Hilbert, Soumya Jaiswal, Taylor Kling, Michael Luo, Cameron Madden, Sophia Mi, Matthew Minick, Jessica Nelson, Ria Parikh, Aditi Rajgopal, Ryan Stocker, Gavin Tan, Allan Tian, Karson Walker, Victoria Wang, Annie Wang, Allison Winterhalter, Fiona Xie, Daniel Xu and
Aneesh Zutshi.
Watch the presentation that includes videos of the National Merit Students sharing fun facts about themselves and what they hope to be doing in 10 years.
About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise and are considered strong candidates for admission to selective colleges. These Commended Students place among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2018 competition by taking the 2017 Preliminary SAT/National MeritScholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
"All of these students are extremely talented and hard working," said MHS principal Bobby Dodd. "We are so very proud of all of our National Merit students and can't wait to watch what these well-rounded leaders accomplish next!"