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Nearly 40 RE students earn National Merit recognition

Seventeen Ransom Everglades students were named National Merit Semifinalists in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Competition: Andrew Gedde '25, Jack He '25, Carlos Horcasitas '25, Hudson Kaplan '25, Alexandra Leiser '25, Paloma Lopes '25, Tian Luan '25, Dieter Manstein '25, David Martinez '25, Victoria Pinilla '25, Max Salomon '25, Kayra Serpenguzel '25, Ethan Sullivan '25, Solon Sun '25, Sindhu Talluri '25, Ethan Thomas '25 and Catherine Zhou '25.
The students were among 16,000 students across the nation who earned semifinalist recognition by excelling on the PSAT examination during their junior year, and each has the opportunity to contend for a $2,500 National Merit Scholarship.

An additional 21 students were named National Merit Commended Scholars:

Sophie Ansin '25, Mario Antonaccio '25, Henry Berler '25, Mia Bouyoucef '25, Mia Campbell '25, Adriana Carvalho '25, Elliott Craig '25, Julius Destefano '25, Jonah Fishman '25, Renee Fonseca '25, Miles Golden '25, Gavin Heller '25, Sirja Joeveer '25, Naman Kumar '25, Harrison Lamnin '25, Anna Lavernia '25, Lucas Lippey '25, Todd Malone '25, Michael Mederos '25, Vladimir Ponomarenko '25 and Yuanjin Yang '25.
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Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.