Congratulations to the six MCA students named Commended Students in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program! MCA now has a total of 22 students recognized:
9 National Merit Semifinalists
6 Commended Students
7 National Recognition Awards
Commended Students:
Caroline Barrett
Sophia Canatella
Brittan deBautte
Caroline Garitty
Emma Groetsch
Sophia Iacono
Approximately 34,000 Commended Students throughout the country are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Commended students place among the top 50,000 scores of more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2025 competition by taking the 2023 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying test (PSAT/NMSQT).
National Merit Semifinalists:
Ella Desormeaux
Kylie Diaz
Sofia Giarruso
Sophia Hattier
Marguerite Hopkins
Katie McGovern
Helen Morlier
Catalina Reichard
Casey Swanson
National Recognition Awards:
Lillian Coulon: First Generation National Recognition, Hispanic National Recognition
Jacklynn Dao: First Generation National Recognition
Ava Echegarrua: Hispanic National Recognition
Tiana Le: First Generation National Recognition
Ava Perret: First Generation National Recognition
Alyssa Romero Hispanic National Recognition
Rebecca Vindel: Hispanic National Recognition
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