2024 South Pasadena High School National Merit Semifinalists front row (L-R) Ada Bild, Katherine Tam, Geeyou Lee; back row,Truman Lindenthaler, Aidan Jackson, Linus Sun, Alexander Ninomiya (Photo -SPUSD)
On September 13, 2023, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the semifinalists in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
By News Desk
South Pasadena High School semifinalists join approximately 16,000 qualifying students nationwide and represent less than one percent of U.S high school seniors nationally competing for about 7,140 scholarship. Semifinalists qualify by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) and earning among the highest scores in the state.
SPHS semifinalists are:
- Ada Bild.
- Aidan Jackson.
- Geeyou Lee.
- Truman Lindenthaler.
- Alexander Ninomiya.
- Linus Sun.
- Katherine Tam.
These talented SPHS seniors now have the opportunity to compete for National Merit scholarships, which will be announced in Spring 2024.
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