Nineteen students from Columbus Academy were recently announced as semifinalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program: Devan “Davey” Agrawal, Russell Ahmed, Siddharth Amirneni, Spandana Amirneni, Alexandra Butnariu, Julia DeVore, Soham Joshi, Madeleine Kazatsky, Janet Li, Raaghav Malik, Cyrus Richardson, Malachy Sullivan (not pictured), Haichuan “Fletcher” Sun, Lindsay Sutherland, Yashu Taneru, Amiya Tiwari, Carolyn “Gurby” Vaziri, Ethan Weiser and Stephen Wright.
“These students – with their various interests and achievements – impact our school in many ways that surpass their excellent test scores, and yet they excel in the National Merit competition as well,” stated Head of School Melissa Soderberg. “We can’t wait to see what they will do in college and beyond.”
These academically talented seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $30 million that will be offered next spring. This news comes on the heels of our students' impressive Advanced Placement results shared last month announcing 108 AP Scholars from last spring’s AP Exams. Of our 226 upper-schoolers who took 500 total AP Exams, 88% were eligible for college course credit based on their scores of 3 or higher.
