The National Merit Scholarship Corp. has announced the names of about 16,000 students nationwide who were among the top scorers on the 2007 Preliminary SAT. As semifinalists, students are eligible for certain scholarships.
The following are the names of Asian American students* in the Seattle area who have done remarkably well on the exam: Nicole R. Assumpcao, Wilfred Chan, Malcolm J. Chan, Timothy H. Chang, Emily Chen, Zhuoloun Chen, Michael W. Chien, Sally S. Chu, Ronald Hong, Phillip Jang, Katharyn Y. Jia, Farrah Khan, Esther Y. Kim, David Kong, Rachel L. Jiang, Florence S. Lau, Samantha J. Lee, Amy S. Li, Tianshu Li, Zheng Li, Allen Y. Liu, Vidya Rajan, Peter H. Tseng, Virginia J. Wang, Brandt M. Wong, Madeline Y. Wong, Jinhua Xu, Jessica N. Yamashita, Tony Y. Yan, Ruofan Yu, Inar P. Zhang and Danning Zhao.
*If we have missed any Asian American semifinalists, please let us know at info@nwasianweekly.com.