Westlake High School announced its 27 finalists in the 2024-25 National Merit Scholarship Program recently. Nationally 15,000 students were chosen to compete for Merit Scholarships worth more than $26 million.
Westlake High School National Merit Finalists for 2024-25 are:
Morgan Brew
Lucille Brown
Shu Ying Chong
Cynthia Cui
Yuan Dong
Andrew Han
Declan Howell
Nathan Huang
Aditya Jas
Shrey Jha
Aahan Kar
Devan Kuppusamy
Keith LoboPrabhu
Zoe Lynch
Aliana Marakovic
Pramila Premkishore
Miller Roberts
Riya Sahu
James Seidel
Vidhur Seshadri
Clara Smyth
Aman Sulaiman
Akash Vasan
Millen Wadhwa
Noah Wong
Natalie Yung
Joseph Zhang
To become a finalist, a student must have an outstanding high school academic record, including difficulty level of subjects studied and grades earned; contributions and leadership in school and community activities; an essay written by the Finalist; and a recommendation written by a high school official.
The National Merit process began with more than 1.5 million juniors in 22,000 schools who took the Preliminary SAT test in 2023; semifinalists were the highest-scoring participants. The nationwide pool of semifinalists, which represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state.