Eight HHS Students named Semifinalist in 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program

Semifinalists in the 2024 National Merit® Scholarship Program

Officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC® announced the names of more than 16,000 Semifinalists in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,140 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship® award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. About 95 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and approximately half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar® title.

NMSC, a not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance, was established in 1955 specifically to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 320 business organizations and higher education institutions that share NMSC's goals of honoring the nation's scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence.

Hershey High School would like to congratulation our eight senior students who were named semifinalist in the 2024 National Merit® Scholarship Program and have an opportunity to continue in the National Merit Scholarship competition. 

• Angelina Berg
• Ashley Bu
• Lauren Kim
• Selina Lin
• Yanhui Liu
• Priyanka Nambiar
• Michael Parks
• Grace Wang

Congratulation HHS Students!