Here is the list of the National Merit Semifinalists for 2027 from Orange County that was released Wednesday, Sept. 9, by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. They are among the approximately 16,000 students nationally – less than 1% of U.S. seniors – who earned the designation.
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The semifinalists qualified based on their scores on the Preliminary SAT. About 95 percent are expected to attain finalist standing on the strength of an application detailing academic performance, participation in activities, employment and leadership.
About half the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, to be announced in the spring.
The semifinalists are listed by city and then school.
ALISO VIEJO
ALISO NIGUEL H. S.
Chan, AlisonPatel, Rohan
ANAHEIM
CANYON H. S.
Fernandez, AidanLim, Aaron
ESPERANZA H. S.
Xu, Jameson
FAIRMONT PREPARATORY ACADEMY
Long, YunLunde, ElijahRoh, KaylaShen, YulinSun, Sidney
SERVITE H. S.
Marick, OliverSuh, Ian
CYPRESS
CYPRESS H. S.
Lee, Elizabeth S.Pham, Jonathan H.Shin, Eric H.
OXFORD ACADEMY
Chang, JasonChau, Han G.Lee, Audrey K.Lee, Daniel J.Lee, William H.Nguyen, Nicholas D.Park, CelineYamachika, Yuri L.Zhao-Ye, Alexander S.
DANA POINT
DANA HILLS H. S.
Lee, Youjin
FOUNTAIN VALLEY
FOUNTAIN VALLEY H. S.
Dinh, ChristopherMehta, MishriNguyen, CaydenPhan, DawsonTran, Valerie
FULLERTON
FULLERTON UNION H. S.
Rodriguez, Katelyn
SUNNY HILLS H. S.
Hwang, EllenKim, OliverLee, ChaelinLuo, KevinMoon, BennyRamirez, EthanWang, BrandonYun, Leonardo
TROY H. S.
Ardaya, DylanChen, Ian J.Chen, KatieChoi, JeongminDang, Jayden T.Donn, AudreyFan, Claire H.Feng, ChenghaoGong, QianGupta, LakshyaHoang, Matthew D.Hong, KathleenHuang, HanyuHuang, JoyceJain, RohanKim, EliseKim, Jeremy J.Kim, Joshua J.Li, YongjingMurzello, Shaun S.Park, Sunghyun D.Pham, Katelyn N.Rao, Kush D.Shah, ShaanTan, JoshuaTruong, Kaileo J.Wang, Claire W.Wang, Sydney H.Xiong, YiyanYao, XuanzheYoo, CalebZhu, LiranZhu, Ruilin
GARDEN GROVE
SANTIAGO H. S.
Kim, James K.
HUNTINGTON BEACH
EDISON H. S.
Bostick, Benjamin C.
HUNTINGTON BEACH H. S.
Lam-Chan, LoganNguyen, AidenShaiyen, Zane M.
IRVINE
ARNOLD O. BECKMAN H. S.
Anesi, Brian A.Bui, Jill A.Bunya, Braeden J.Chen, RyanChia, Claire W.Choi, HeechanHsia, Emily Y.Hsieh, Lucas B.Khan, Aminah M.Kim, IanKim, James M.Lu, Caleb J.Lu, Irene J.Patel, Ayush P.Shah, Sophie S.Wong, Chloe P.Yakovlev, Alexander M.
CREAN LUTHERAN H. S.
Akrawi, BrielleChoi, CosetteLim, JosephineZhou, Sophia
IRVINE H. S.
Catanus, Charissa F.Chuang, JazHoggan, Graham B.Kim, TaehoLee, Cara Y.Ning, HouchengShah, Shreeya J.Sy, Vera L.Yang, Callie J.
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NORTHWOOD H. S.
Bae, Hannah N.Berryman, Olivia G.Bhattacharyya, IshaanChen, Tyler K.Cheng, Madeline S.Dee, Brandon L.Hong, William B.Jain, AlishaKoo, HyungmoLai, Sierra L.Liu, Jack J.Nguyen, Dan ThanhPravin Mahil Kumar, DavinaSachdeva, SejalThirupathi, Vidhur S.Uuganbayar, IndraYang, Isabelle Y.Yang, Lilin
PORTOLA H. S.
Ahn, TaegyuAkula, AryaChang, ZoeChen, Katelyn M.Holland, Francesca Y.Kim, Joanne T.Low, ZephyrPan, JiayiRaj, PrathmeshSultan, EhanTang, Lucas S.Vankamamidi, PranavWu, BowenWu, SophieYoon, ChanooYu, Angela
UNIVERSITY H. S.
Ashar, Niyam G.Cao, JiahaoChen, TimothyCheung, MarcusDym, IsabellaHuang, Audrey C.Huang, DominicJain-Rastogi, DhruvJessen, Hector M.Jian, Michael C.Kamat, Shloke S.Ke, HannahKe, JennaLee, SuhoPabbaraju, HemanthPham, Khang M.Sardar, Krrish SinghShih, Emily P.Wu, Neel T.Wu, YoujiaZheng, David C.Zhou, ChenyueZhu, Daniel
WOODBRIDGE H. S.
Ahn, Thomas Y.Ikarashi, HikaruKim, Yong HanPandian, Nivedha S.Ricks, OliviaXu, Lois L.
LAGUNA BEACH
LAGUNA BEACH H. S.
Liston, Jack
LAKE FOREST
EL TORO H. S.
Ludden, Christopher
LOS ALAMITOS
LOS ALAMITOS H. S.
Bai, Asher P.Bai, Kyler P.Harman, Hossegor T.Ly, Julianne S.
MISSION VIEJO
MISSION VIEJO H. S.
Sandefur, LiamTrinh, Lam T.
TRABUCO HILLS H. S.
Hui, Leroy S.
NEWPORT BEACH
CORONA DEL MAR H. S.
Pham, Ethan
SAGE HILL SCHOOL
Brar, NicoleChen, ChelseaDu, GavinHuang, IsabellaHubbard, ZackKang, JiayuKeirstead, ConnorKong, AlexanderLee, DoyoungLee, MaxwellLi, YuhengLin, JackLiu, JustinProkopuk, AlexisSha, JindongSong, NatalieWalbridge, AndrewWen, AlexanderYeh, EllieZhang, YutongZhou, Jonathan
PLACENTIA
VALENCIA H. S.
Chang, EricDe Silva, NikaKim, GraceLee, Dahee
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA
SANTA MARGARITA CATHOLIC H. S.
Baren, MilesChoi, EthanHickson, ReidHo, StonePark, Sangmin
TESORO H. S.
Gettman, KristinHuang, YihaoHuo, HuiranPushadapu, Akhil
SAN CLEMENTE
SAN CLEMENTE H. S.
Ebbert, Sebastian
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
CALIFORNIA ONLINE SCHOOLS
Pham, Yen Nhi
JSERRA CATHOLIC H. S.
Clarke, NaomiMossman, Caden T.Taylor, Cayden P.Wadman, Daniel P.
SAN JUAN HILLS H. S.
Han, Jaden H.Nguyen, Celine D.Yang, Hajoon
ST. MARGARET’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
Bredall, RileyKothari, KenjiLiao, Heng-Yi
SANTA ANA
FOOTHILL H. S.
Kaye, Amy H.Tantamjarik, Chloe B.
ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
Choi, EliseDiwan, ArmaanHong, HenryKim, JaydenKim, ZacharyLy-Pang, SophieNgo, AdysonNguyen, LindsayPhanco, TylerSharma, AryanSong, AngelaTran, Sterling
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WESTMINSTER
LA QUINTA H. S.
Le, AnniePham, Quynh-Anh B.
WESTMINSTER H. S.
Shim, Michelle
YORBA LINDA
HOMESCHOOL / ONLINE SCHOOL
Zhang, Ruhan Harold
YORBA LINDA H. S.
Truong, Derek