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CHS Recognizes 51 National Merit Finalists

Congratulations to the following 51 Carmel High School seniors named 2024 National Merit Finalists. All finalists will be considered for a portion of $30 million in National Merit Scholarships. The National Merit Scholarship Program selects entrants based on abilities, accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies. 

Of approximately 50,000 eligible high school students, only 16,000 are named Semifinalists, 95% of whom go on to become finalists. Carmel Clay Schools is proud of the individual and collective accomplishments of the senior class. This year an astonishing 55 students were honored as semifinalists. Congratulations to the following Greyhound named National Merit Finalists:

Yash Bhargava
Elena Budyak
Shravan Chengalva
Rosalyn Chu
Lorna Ding
Miles Dunbar
George Emerson
Kyra Escobar
Alex Foster
Srikrishna Ganeshan
Richard Gao
Sai Shritan Gudepate
Sahithi Lakshmi Hastavaram
Claire He
Mahmoud Homsi
Kevin Hu
Bolong Huang
Carolyn Jia
Sujal Joshi
Ghajan Kalainesan
Samantha Lin
Yichen Liu
Aaronson Mansberger
Bhargava Mortha
Melaina Munson
Robert Nies
Elizabeth Palmer
Amanda Pan
Matthew Paraboschi
Dhanya Pathangi
Anna Pennington
Nora Perkins
Paras Punater
Arjun Purohit
Eva Qiao
David Racovan
Varun Rao
Colin Santangelo
Siddhesh Songirkar
Zhanqi Su
Sara Susant
Carson Szotek
Angelina Tan
Srianjana Vallepalli
Karthik Varigonda
Bingrui Wang
Sydney White
Alexandra Yang
Charles Yuan
Nancy Zhang
Oliver Zhu