Seniors Earn Commended Student Honor in National Merit Program

Seventeen Greenhill students were named as Commended Students in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

Congratulations to these Commended Students:

• JJ Arbuckle ’25
• Andrew Cai ’25
• Shreya Chhaya ’25
• Sydney Chien ’25
• Prabath Girish ’25
• Fern Hignite ’25
• Lyna Kamgang ’25
• Alden Kendall ’25
• Evelyn Kwei ’25
• Aneesh Mootha ’25
• Chloe Nguyen ’25
• Ella Ou-Yang ’25
• Amanda Park ’25
• Kaavya Sampath ’25
• Arjun Subramanian ’25
• Harris Xie ’25
• Henry Zhong ’25

About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2025 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2025 competition by taking the 2023 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®).

"Those being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success," commented a spokesperson for NMSC. ''These students represent a valuable national resource; recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement of educational excellence in our nation. We hope that this recognition will help broaden their educational opportunities and encourage them as they continue their pursuit of academic success."

Congratulations to our National Merit Commended Students.