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54 IMSA Students From 40 Communities Named National Merit® Semifinalists

The National Merit® Scholarship Program recently named 54 semifinalists from IMSA in its 2017 competition. IMSA semifinalists represent 40 different communities throughout Illinois. Approximately 25% of IMSA’s senior class are recognized as semifinalists.

Aurora, IL, September 16, 2016 – The National Merit® Scholarship Program recently named 54 semifinalists from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy® (IMSA) in its 2017 competition. IMSA semifinalists represent 40 different communities throughout Illinois. Approximately 25 percent of IMSA’s senior class are recognized as semifinalists.

16,000 semifinalists out of the 1.6 million students who competed throughout the nation will now try to advance to the finalist level of the competition by submitting a detailed scholarship application. About 90 percent of the semifinalists will attain finalist standing, and approximately 7,500 of these finalists will receive National Merit Scholarships for undergraduate study totaling $33 million. Merit Scholars will be announced in the spring of 2017.

IMSA’s Semifinalist in the 2017 National Merit® Scholarship Program

Last Name

First Name

Hometown

Agrawal

Vadini

Naperville

Badalamenti

John

Prospect Heights

Bai

Allison

Naperville

Cavagnetto

Hannah

Aurora

Choi

Austin

Bartlett

DeMastri

John

Chicago

Dizon

Michael

Jerseyville

Dong

Madison

Bloomington

Finnegan

Grant

Naperville

Fournier

Marc

Northbrook

Grobman

Adam

Buffalo Grove

Guan

Xinyu

Peoria

Herr

Addison

Naperville

Hinz

Auden

Springfield

Horstman

Jacob

Bensenville

Hutter

Joseph

Geneva

Jeno

George

Wayne

Kamineni

Meghana

Lockport

Koganti

Raghuram

Ottawa

Korrapati

Krishi

Springfield

Kudaravalli

Aneesh

Burr Ridge

Kuhn

Katrina

Aurora

Kwasneski

Kate

Palos Park

Lee

Isabel

Vernon Hills

Lin

Lisa

Schaumburg

Lisk

Rebecca

Caledonia

Liu

Amy

Lisle

Lou

Robert

Aurora

Mattson

Emma

Midlothian

Mittapalli

Rohit

Naperville

Moe

George

Hoffman Estates

Mueller

Jack

Batavia

Nattuvetty

Sagar

Elk Grove Village

Nusgart

Nicholas

Wheaton

Oh

Jaeyoung

Naperville

Patel

Sneh

Orland Park

Pauss

Kate

Homewood

Podsada

Karolina

Harwood Heights

Rosauer

Jennifer

Belvidere

Sakthi

Yugan

Palatine

Shi

Edward

Geneva

Shin

Daniel

Champaign

Sivakumar

Pranav

Tower Lakes

Smith

Nathaniel

Bloomington

Sun

Evan

Round Lake

Tong

William

Bolingbrook

Tsai

Corona

Schaumburg

Upadhyayula

Pranav

Plainfield

Upadhyayula

Sushil

Plainfield

Verma

Neha

Forsyth

Xiang

Bingtao

Naperville

Xu

Justin

Carbondale

Yelenick

Mariah

Watseka

Zhou

Rongzhen

Oak Park

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Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA)

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