Kent Place Students Earn National Merit and AP Scholar Distinctions

Kent Place is pleased to announce that seniors Dvita Bhattacharya, Chelsea Cui, Colette Gentile, and Nia Gitau are Semifinalists in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program. Seniors Lila Gorke, Evelyn Grissinger, Angela Hong, Charlotte Kim, and Auburn Wilson received commendations.

The National Merit Scholarship Program is an annual academic competition among high school students for recognition and college undergraduate scholarships. Students enter by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which serves as an initial screen of over 1.3 million entrants each year, and by meeting published program entry and participation requirements.

One hundred twelve students have been honored by the College Board in recognition of their college-level achievement on Advanced Placement (AP) examinations taken last spring.

Annalisa Abbate ’24, Megan Altier ’24, Jocelyn Ameo ’24, Tanseem Arampulikan ’25, Julissa Beltran ’25, Aadya Bharadwaj ’24, Dvita Bhattacharya ’25, Sophia Brandstaedter ’24, Alice Carr ’24, Nina Choi ’24, Claire Collins ’24, Caridad Corrales ’24, Chelsea Cui ’25, Anna Gambuzza ’25, Fiona Gambuzza ’25, Sophia Gandhi ’25, Colette Gentile ’25, Catherine Gerbino ’24, Lila Gorke ’25, Alexandria Grinis ’25, Evelyn Grissinger ’25, Andrea Hanchuk ’24, Angela Hong ’25, Carolina Ikuno ’24, Stephanie James ’24, Celia Kanellakos ’24, Julienne Kwan ’24, Maya Lalani ’25, Gabrielle Liberman ’24, Kai Markley ’24, Cassandra Miller ’24, Sawyer Pappas ’24, Kayla Peng ’26, Madeline Popolow ’24, Emma Claire Quinn ’24, Diana Reig ’24, Deysi Rodriguez ’25, Miranda Kristina Santiago ’25, Sajni Shah ’24, Shivani Shah ’24, Ava Shannon ’25, Katherine Tan ’24, Lily Tan ’24, Annabelle Walter ’24, Kaitlyn Wang ’25, Miranda Wang ’24, and Maya Yie ’24 were honored with the title of AP Scholar with Distinction, granted to students who earn an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.

Aarah Ali ’25, Naina Bhardwaj ’25, Sophia Builione ’24, Sophie Capone ’25, Isabella Deng ’25, Xinyi Fan ’25, Nia Gitau ’25, Charlotte Grushkin ’25, Sonali Kamilla ’24, Dagmara Karbownik ’24, Aila Kennedy ’25, Alejandra Longo ’24, Emily Martin ’25, Valentina Martin Aloe ’25, Piper Mayes ’25, Beatrice Mendelsohn ’24, Nathalie Montesdeoca ’24, Margeaux Morial ’24, Kara Pantozzi ’24, Rachel Reiter ’24, Makena Singer ’25, Rowan Tabora ’25, Geo Thatch ’25, Anabel Wheatley ’25, Grace Williams ’25, Auburn Wilson ’25, Jasmine Wolstenholme ’25, Julia Wu ’24, and Ruo Han Wu ’25 were each named AP Scholar with Honor. This designation is granted to students who earn an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.

Anna Aggarwal ’24, Kaitlin Andersen ’26, Sylvia Andrews ’24, Rhyan Brown ’24, Julia Carey ’25, Kathryn Cepeda ’24, Elle Dambrot ’24, Sophia DiSarno ’25, Eden Ekong-Reid ’25, Alexa Garrido ’25, Louisa Gordon ’25, Ava Guarino ’24, Sonia Gulati ’25, Elijah Hall ’25, Addison Ismael ’25, Anjali Jerath ’24, Phoebe Kanellakos ’25, Mahrukh Khizar ’24, Charlotte Kim ’25, Ella Levy ’25, Scarlette Liftin ’25, Megan Llewellyn-Jones ’25, Julia Messerman ’24, Nicola Murungi ’25, Angelica Nwachuku ’24, Annabelle O'Brien ’24, Shriya Patel ’24, Bridget Smallman ’25, Sarah Stavrovich ’24, Madison Stevens ’25, Isha Talpade ’25, Piper Walsh ’25, Quinn Walters ’24, Sofia Wanosky ’25, Corynne Watkins ’25, and Aurielle Wolf ’25 were named AP Scholars. This award is granted to students who earn scores of at least 3 (on a scale of 1 to 5) on three or more AP exams.

Congratulations, all!