The following 23 Brahmas took the PSAT last year and their scores placed them in the top 1% out of about 1.5 million juniors who took the test.  This places them in the nation’s elite group of National Merit Scholar Semifinalists, one of the most prestigious honors a senior can receive.  This year’s Semifinalists are:

Chang, Crystal

Chen, Eric

Du, Janet

Gu, Ran

Guo, Melody

Hsu, Charlene

Kau, Renee

Kim, Jung Hyun

Kim, Prince

Lee, Gloria

Lien, Felix

So, Letitia

Song, Frances

Sun, Hsuan-Te

Sun, Jonathan

Wang, Margaret

Wu, Ava

Wu, Frances

Wu, Jennifer

Yang, Claire

Zhang, Adele