Congratulations to 14 members of the Class of 2027 who have earned recognition in the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Competition! Prep senior Pratyush Majumdar has been named a semifinalist in the competition, while another 13 seniors have been named 2027 National Merit Commended Students. In all, these categories represent the top 50,000 scores nationwide among the more than 1.6 million students who took the PSAT as high school juniors in 2025.
Pratyush was among 16,000 seniors nationwide named National Merit Semifinalists, and will continue in the competition. Semifinalists have the opportunity to progress to the Finalist stage, and approximately 7,500 of the finalists will be selected as National Merit Scholars in the spring.
Congratulations to 13 additional seniors who were among the 34,000 Commended Students, recognized for their exceptional academic promise:
- Kevin Aby
- Kyle Alave
- Jordan Camaya
- Ethan Cueto
- Edison Li
- Lucas Lin
- Liam Malinsky
- Connor Rasulo
- Mikhail Razzak
- Dmitri Sobolev
- Evan Swiatek
- Haywood Tew
- Maximillian Yerkshov