GCISD is proud to recognize 14 members of the Class of 2024 who have been named National Merit Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).
Over 1.3 million juniors in about 21,000 high schools entered the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2022 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. The number of semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state's percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.
These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition to possibly be named a National Merit Finalist in February. Finalists have an opportunity to earn an estimated 7,140 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million that will be announced in spring 2024.
Congratulations to GCISD’s Class of 2024 National Merit Semifinalists:
Drake Arnett, GHS
Kolton Blaisure, GHS
Patrick Bullock, CHHS
Benjamin Ding, CHHS
Logan Dorner, CHHS
David H. Hoff, CHHS
Anisha Menezes, GHS
Soumya Naguboina, GHS
Elijah Pollock, GHS
Mary Schnautz, GHS
Patrick Shukis, GHS
Eric Tong, GHS
Matthew Woodcock, GHS
Andrew Yu, GHS