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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