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7 POBJFK Students Named Semifinalists In Scholarship Competition
These students are being honored as 2027 National Merit Scholarship Competition semifinalists.

PLAINVIEW, NY — Seven seniors from Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School have been named semifinalists in the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Competition.
The seven seniors are as follows:
- Harsham Dugar
- Daniel Jung
- Surya Krishnan
- Aiden Noh
- Taniya Raipatriwar
- Emily Xi
- Allison Zhou
More than 1.3 million students nationwide entered the competition, and the seven Hawks are now among more than 16,000 students to advance to the next round.
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In the Finalist round, these students will be competing for one of the National Merit Scholarships, which combined are worht about $24 million.
The seven students will find out in February if they are a finalist, and the scholarship winners will be announced between April and July.
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