Eight recently graduated high school students from East Cobb are the latest recipients of college aid from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
The NMSC students announced on Wednesday more than 2,500 nationwide recipients of scholarships from the college or university of the student’s choice.
According to a release, “these awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.
“This year, 138 higher education institutions are underwriting Merit Scholarship awards through the National Merit Scholarship Program. Sponsor colleges and universities include 69 private and 69 public institutions located in 42 states and the District of Columbia.”
The students were chosen based on a variety of factors, including SAT and other test scores, a writing essay, and extracurricular activities, awards, and leadership positions.
“Semifinalists also had to have an outstanding academic record, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, and earn SAT or ACT scores that confirmed the qualifying test performance,” the release said.
The NMSC, a not-for-profit organization, has conducted the National Merit Scholarship Program since 1955.
What f0llows is the name of the student and high school, college choice, and intended field of study.
- Nathan Cole Lawson, Wheeler: University of Alabama, mechanical engineering
- Carter Kopp, Lassiter: Vanderbilt Univerity, orthopedics
- John Mackay Leith, Wheeler: University of Georgia, software engineering
- Ameen H. Sayeed, Walton: University of Georgia, business
- Aubrey Seay, Walton: Texas A & M University, industrial engineering
- Riley J. Sullivan, Lassiter: Vanderbilt University, engineering
- Vishruthi Thiyagarajan, Walton: University of Texas at Dallas, materials science
- Jacob Podolski, Campbell: University of Georgia, public policy
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