Thirty Students Named National Merit Scholarship Winners

Thirty students from six Fairfax County high schools have been named winners of $2,500 scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). Scholarship winners are part of a group of approximately 2,500 National Merit finalists chosen to receive scholarships in 2022 primarily financed by the NMSC.  

Winners of the scholarships, with their probable career fields in parentheses, are: 

• Ryan Angle (computer science), Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST). 
• Grant Donavan Hamilton (mathematics). West Potomac High School. 
• Akash Pamal (computer science), TJHSST. 
• Aarav Khanna (computer science), TJHSST. 
• Aaryan Rawal (politics), Westfield High School. 
• Aarav Bajal (computer science), TJHSST. 
• Anirudh Bansal (computer science), TJHSST. 
• Justine Chu (medical research), TJHSST.
• Anwitha Kollipara (computer science), TJHSST.
• Harrish Ganesh (medicine), TJHSST.
• Joyce Qi (materials engineering), McLean High School. 
• Cathy Zhang (law), McLean High School. 
• William Wallace-Gomez Orr (writing), Langley High School.
• Jasjeet Sandhu (politics), TJHSST.
• Charles Tatum (engineering), Oakton High School.
• Melissa Wu (economics), TJHSST.
• Justin Chen (business), TJHSST.
• Jack Hunter Deutsch (economics), McLean High School. 
• Alyssa Gorbaneva (computer science), TJHSST.
• Leon Jia (computer science), TJHSST.
• Erika Li (biology), Langley High School. 
• Valerie Li (computer science), TJHSST.
• Isaac Lin (computer science), TJHSST.
• Songhan Pang (medicine), McLean High School.
• Megan Yu (computer science), TJHSST.
• Anjana Rajesh (neuroscience), Oakton High School. 
• Hasita Nalluri (medicine), TJHSST.
• Pulak Dugar (computer science), TJHSST.
• Garrett Heller (physics), TJHSST.
• Cynthia Ma (undecided), McLean High School. 

Each of the FCPS winners received a scholarship supported by the NMSC’s own funds. 

Each scholarship winner was evaluated on his or her academic record, including difficulty level of subjects studied and grades earned; scores from two standardized tests; contributions and leadership in school and community activities; a personal essay; and a recommendation from a high school official. The number of winners named in a state is in proportion to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating high school seniors. Winners are chosen by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, not the school district.

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