Congratulations to Northshore's 2023 National Merit Finalists

Congratulations to the eight Northshore students who were named National Merit finalists. Nationally, about 15,000 students were named finalists this year. 

Inglemoor High School

Josephine Anderson

Justin Chae

Liana Moldovanu

North Creek High School

Hansel Lee

Shreya Shaji

Andrew Zhang

Woodinville High School

Meagan McGuinness

Colin Pascual

These high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,250 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million that will be offered in the spring. 

High school students entered the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2021 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which served as an initial screen of program entrants.

Three types of National Merit Scholarships will be offered in the spring of 2023. Every Finalist will compete for one of 2,500 National Merit® $2,500 Scholarships that will be awarded on a state-representational basis. About 950 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards will be provided by approximately 180 corporations and business organizations for Finalists who meet their specified criteria, such as children of the grantor’s employees or residents of communities where sponsor plants or offices are located. In addition, about 160 colleges and universities are expected to finance some 3,800 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards for Finalists who will attend the sponsor institution.

To learn more, visit National Merit Scholarship Corporation’s website.