Syosset Central School District is proud to announce that 24 Syosset High School students have been named Semifinalists in the 71st annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The students qualified for this distinction by scoring among the highest in the state on the 2024 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

“Being named a National Merit Semifinalist is a remarkable academic achievement,” said Christopher Ruffini, Syosset High School Assistant Principal. “This recognition reflects our students’ dedication, perseverance, and commitment to excellence.”

Congratulations to seniors Christopher Ancona, Kingsley Cheng, Selena Chu, Evan Ding, Nora Han, Daniel Huang, Derek Huang, Gina Huang, Eliana Leder, Evan Lee, Shawn Lim, Yiran Liu, Grace Lu, Saanvi Peri, Nitin Rajagopalan, Sanskriti Rathore, Arjun Shah, Nikhil Shah, Sumair Singh, Shri Sughan Sriganesh, Adrian Tong, Carolyn Wang, Tracy Xie, and Catherine Yu.

These outstanding students are among approximately 16,000 high school seniors nationwide who were named Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), representing less than one percent of all U.S. high school seniors. The Semifinalists now qualify to compete for National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million. To advance to Finalist standing, each Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn qualifying SAT or ACT scores. Finalists will be announced in February 2026, with National Merit Scholars to be named later in the spring.