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Thirty Students Named Winners of $2,500 National Merit Scholarships
Thirty students from ten Fairfax County high schools have been named winners of $2,500 scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Scholarship winners are part of a group of approximately 2,500 National Merit finalists chosen to receive scholarships primarily financed by the NMSC.
Winners of the scholarships, with their probable career fields in parentheses, are:
- Kartik Chugh of Chantilly High School (computer science).
- Eileen Wen of Langley High School (neuroscience).
- Caroline Howley of McLean High School (undecided).
- Isabella Swigart of McLean High School (genetics).
- Devan Fink of Madison High School (quantitative analysis).
- Madeleine Kienzle of Marshall High School (chemistry).
- Carolyn Qu of Oakton High School (computer science).
- Madeleine Taft of Robinson Secondary School (engineering).
- Sarah Anstice of South County High School (physical therapy).
- Alexander Ahn of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) (medicine).
- Varshini Babu of TJHSST (medicine).
- Shresta Bangaru of TJHSST (computer science).
- Christopher Bi of TJHSST (science-research).
- Junhyun Chong of TJHSST (chemical engineering).
- Neha Damaraju of TJHSST (biomedical engineering).
- Eric Gan of TJHSST (computer science).
- Claire Heinbaugh of TJHSST (computer science).
- Ryan Kim of TJHSST (mathematics).
- Vivian Lin of TJHSST (biomedical engineering).
- Jack Liu of TJHSST (computer science).
- Richard Lun of TJHSST (computer programming).
- Siona Prasad of TJHSST (computer science).
- Jennifer Pruitt of TJHSST (computer science).
- Evan Shi of TJHSST (computer science).
- Kevin Wang of TJHSST (law).
- Daniel Wisdom of TJHSST (computer science).
- Hanna Xu of TJHSST (computer science).
- Fred Zhang of TJHSST (statistics).
- Julia Zhou of TJHSST (bioinformatics).
- Kelly Huang of Woodson High School (chemistry).
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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Note: For more information, contact the FCPS Office of Communication and Community Relations at 571-423-1200.