FALL 2026 Ransom Everglades LOG 39 Seven seniors depart RE with National Merit Scholarships in 2026 Twenty-one Ransom Everglades students earned recognition as 2027 National Merit Semifinalists, putting them in the top one percent of high school seniors nationwide based on their performances on the PSAT exam. The students – Sienna Bautista ’27 not pictured, Owen Brue ’27, Nicolas Castillo ’27, Peter Cejas ’27, Zachary Corbin-Cheah ’27, Eva Cunningham ’27, Mateo Delgado ’27, Luisa Duarte ’27, Kathryn Elgarresta ’27, Auguste Houlle ’27, Diego Lopez-Ona ’27, Sloane Mason ’27, Sofia Mena ’27, Lila Mosse ’27, Nicolas Motoki ’27, Sebastian Pita Mendez ’27, Girish Raju ’27, Eric Sharp ’27, Elliot Slusky ’27, Yuelu Wang ’27 and Sabine Wolfensberger ’27 – are eligible to continue the quest for $2,500 National Merit Scholarships, which will be awarded in spring 2027. Twenty-one students named National Merit Semifinalists for 2027 The National Merit Scholarship Corporation named seven Ransom Everglades seniors – Jacob Aronow ’26, Gustavo Do Valle ’26, Charlotte Gould ’26, Max Grunwald ’26, Patrick Keedy Brown ’26, Constantino Peña ’26 and Virginia Seabrook ’26 – National Merit Scholars and winners of the National Merit $2,500 Scholarship last spring. The number of National Merit Scholars was the most for Ransom Everglades in at least a decade. Of the 1.2 million students in the Class of 2026 who took the PSAT, only 2,500 – 0.2 percent – earned the prestigious scholarships in the spring of their senior year. Chosen from more than 15,000 finalists nationwide, the RE student winners were among 20 from Ransom Everglades in contention for scholarships after being named National Merit Semifinalists in fall 2025 based on their PSAT scores as juniors. The student finalists were judged by committees that evaluated each student’s academic record (course load, difficulty level, depth and breadth of subjects studied, and grades earned); essay; demonstrated leadership and contributions to school and community activities; and the school official’s recommendation. According to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, the scholarship winners were recognized for their abilities, skills and accomplishments, as well as for having the greatest potential for success in rigorous college studies and beyond.
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