Congratulations to the 2027 BVSD National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

In September, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced more than 16,000 semifinalists in its 72nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Forty Boulder Valley School District students made the cut.

2027 BVSD National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

BOULDER

BOULDER H. S.

Kashkashian, Martina

Katzman, Tyler

Mak, Deven

Oder, Lexi

Yee, Liam

 

FAIRVIEW H. S.

Atkins, Paloma E.

Bao, Hanbei

Burwick, Phineas G.

Carston, Leo T.

Chen, Jude L.

Dua, Tanvi

Gao, Julia

Huang, Kaylor T.

Jung, Paxton J.

Kim, Jiyu

Liu, Andrew Q.

Mathur, Tvarita

Maxhimer, Blake W.

McCaskill, Samuel G.

Shapiro, Micha J.

Van Renen, Henry G.

Wang, Jonah T.

Wynett, Jackson R.

Xue, Grace Y.

Zhou, Xuanzhi

 

NEW VISTA H. S.

Brown, Maeve

 

BROOMFIELD

BROOMFIELD H. S.

Emlen, Joshua

Voishchev, Ivan

 

LAFAYETTE

CENTAURUS H. S.

Greene, Eli H.

Hafer, Chloe M

 

PEAK TO PEAK CHARTER SCHOOL

Antman, Jonah

Fattor, Katelyn

Fitzgerald, Henry

Karande, Sona

Kolman, Prokop

Ross, Pierce

Sundaresan, Shreyas

Velayo, Joshua

 

LOUISVILLE

MONARCH H. S.

Scott, Benjamin

Steffl, Ryan

 

According to NMSC, more than 1.2 million juniors in about 20,000 high schools entered the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2025 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. 

These academically talented high school seniors now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 6,700 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $24 Million that will be offered next spring. 

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 260 business organizations, higher education institutions, and individual donors that share NMSC’s goals of honoring the nation’s scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence.