Thirty-seven students in the Great Neck Public Schools have been announced as semifinalists in the prestigious 2025 National Merit Scholarship Competition (NMSC).
Semifinalists attending John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School are: Johnathan Ahdout, Justin Chen, Valerie Lan, Jacob Levine, Ashley Liu, Aiden Maher, Dillan Palma, Daliah Segal, Lotus Shwe, Tamas Smulovics, Isaac Xu, Isaac Yan, Logan Ye, and Zachary Zar.
Semifinalists attending William A. Shine-Great Neck South High School are: Luna Bae, Christina Bai, Megan Chin-Lam Chan, Edmund Gan, Jonathan Jia, Ruiqi Liu, Paige Louie, Althea Ou, Yilin Qiao, Sarah Sun, William Tsang, Evelyn Won, Erin Wong, Yujin (Lily) Wu, Edward Xu, Ivan Xu, Richard Xu, Edison Yuan, Jixuan (Jason) Zhang, Laura Zhang, Zican (Arthur) Zhang, and Kalli Zhu.
The semifinalist attending the Village School is Calvin Chang.
These semifinalists are among 16,000 nationwide, having scored among the highest in New York State on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which they took last year.
Semifinalists, who represent less than one percent of seniors in the country, will be identified to colleges and universities in order to increase their educational opportunities.
Semifinalists are invited to complete a detailed scholarship application and provide academic and leadership credentials to be considered as a finalist in the competition.
Approximately 95 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing in February.
Merit Scholarship Winners will be chosen from among the finalists to receive one or more Merit Scholarship Awards.