Fifteen Dallas ISD students have been named among the 16,000 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists, with a chance to become one of the 7,600 finalists who will take home scholarships worth a combined $31 million.
More than 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to reach the finals, with about half of the finalists earning a National Merit Scholarship.
The Dallas ISD National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists are:
School for the Talented and Gifted
- Carter Adcox
- Julia Benginow
- Abitamim Bharmal
- Dominique Castanheira
- Jessie Cheung
- Abel Fetahi
- Abigail May
- Amber Miranda
- Adrienne Tang
School of Science and Engineering
- Sravani Boggaram
- Kiera McCollom
- Carlos Medrano
- Aneesh Sharma
- Avash Shrestha
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
- Miles Shickman