Twenty-nine Montgomery County seniors have earned National Merit Scholarships in the second round of awards from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).
Awardees were selected from more than 15,000 students nationwide and were among 43 awardees chosen in Maryland. The awards provide recipients with a one-time award of $2,500 for college tuition.
This group of awardees were selected by a committee of college admissions officers and high school counselors, who reviewed information submitted by both the students and their high schools. The information reviewed includes academic record, scores from the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), contributions and leadership in school and community activities, an essay written by the student, and a recommendation written by a high school official.
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) was established in 1955 to honor scholastically talented youth and encourage academic excellence at all levels of education. The scholarships are privately funded by NMSC and are underwritten by more than 320 corporate and college sponsors. Recipients are judged to have the strongest record of accomplishments and the greatest potential for success in college.
The winners of the scholarships, with their intended career fields, are:
Montgomery Blair High School
- Andy Cui, neuroscience
- Reed Swearingen, mechanical engineering
- Evan Zihan Wang, medicine
- Steven Wang, computer science
- Angela Wu, biochemistry
- Sophia Zeng, applied mathematics
Winston Churchill High School
- Soham Jinsi, mathematics
- Simran Mattikalli, medicine
- Allison Zhang, law
Northwest High School
- Dwarakesh Baraneetharan, biomedical engineering
Richard Montgomery High School
- Marissa Boucher, astrophysics
- Zaida Bowsher, linguistics
- Joseph Chen, biology
- Sofia Eisenberg, bioinformatics
- Joy Jiang, computer science
Poolesville High School
- Daniel Mathew, biomedical engineering
Thomas Wootton High School
- Anthea Chu, engineering
Walt Whitman High School
- Diya Bhattacharjee, public policy
- Jacob Lerman, biology
- Brian Mason, computer science
- Emily Owens, business
Walter Johnson High School
- Daniela Znam, economics
Private High Schools
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
- Gabriella Simon, undecided
- Jordyn White, medicine
Georgetown Preparatory School
- Ethan Ristu, law
Holton-Arms School
- Lila Brody, medicine
Maret School
- Lucas Wu, mathematics
Our Lady of Good Counsel High School
- Sarah Siegle, marine biology
Sidwell Friends School
- Aparma Viswanathan, public policy
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