Seventeen Bay Area students have been selected as semifinalists for the prestigious U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, one of the country’s highest honors for graduating high school seniors.
Established in 1964, the awards recognize students who demonstrate exceptional talent in the visual, creative and performing arts, along with those excelling in the “career and technical education” fields, which focuses on industry-specific training for a student’s future job. Students were selected based on their academic achievement, including scores on the SAT or ACT exams, talent in their respective areas of interest, and more.
Nearly 3.6 million high school seniors around the country applied for the award, a pool that was then cut to 5,000 candidates. The 17 Bay Area students are part of just 628 throughout the nation to have made it to the semifinalist round.
These students will now move to the next phase of the competition, where up to 161 students will be awarded a U.S. Presidential Scholar medallion in June.
The list of Bay Area U.S. Presidential Scholar semifinalists are listed below.
Alhambra
Ulysses Hill, Cathedral High School
Berkeley
Gavin Trotmore, Berkeley High School
Castro Valley
Zoe Dorado, Castro Valley High School
Hillsborough
Caroline Vichot, Crystal Springs Uplands School
Menlo Park
Alexander Parikh-Briggs, Menlo Atherton High School
Morgan Hill
Aaron H. Tran, Ann Sobrato High School
Palo Alto
Kaylee Wong, Henry M. Gunn High School
San Francisco
Jack C. Quach, St. Ignatius College Prep
San Jose
Annmaria K. Antony, Harker School
Michelle Qiao, Leland High School
Mike Nguyen, The King’s Academy
Miranda Lu, Leland High School
Ritali Jain, Evergreen Valley High School
Santa Clara
Shreyan Mitra, Adrian C Wilcox High School
Saratoga
Joel Kim, Saratoga High School
Sunnyvale
Sezen Musa, Adrian C Wilcox High School
Walnut Creek
Elane Kim, Stanford Univ EPGY Online High School
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