The following students from East Cobb high schools have been named recipients of National Merit Scholarships that are financed by the colleges and universities of their choice.
Criteria for the scholarships is explained by the NMSC:
To compete for Merit Scholarship awards, Semifinalists first had to advance to the Finalist level of the competition by fulfilling additional requirements. Each Semifinalist was asked to submit a detailed scholarship application, which included writing an essay and providing information about extracurricular activities, awards, and leadership positions. Semifinalists also had to have an outstanding academic record, and be endorsed and recommended by a high school official. From the Semifinalist group, some 16,000 met requirements for Finalist standing, and about half of the Finalists will be Merit Scholarship winners in 2021.
The recipients listed below include their high schools, college destinations and likely career fields indicated on their scholarship applications:
- Sai Anoop Avunuri, Walton, University of Georgia, computer science;
- Eric Brewster, Walton, University of Florida, finance;
- Caroline G. Brooks, Walton, University of Georgia, criminology;
- Matthew L. House, Wheeler, University of Georgia, computer programming;
- Caroline K. Hugh, Wheeler, University of Chicago, urban/city planning;
- Anushka Jain, Wheeler, Emory University, quantitative analysis;
- Alexander W. Krupp, Walton, Arizona State University, computer science;
- Samuel A. Maloney, Wheeler, University of South Carolina, political science;
- Allison D. Mawn, Sprayberry, University of Georgia, journalism;
- Aniketh S. Tadepalli, Wheeler, University of Alabama-Birmingham, medicine;
- Charles M. Yu, Wheeler, Purdue University, aerospace engineering;
- Aidan C. Payne, Lassiter, University of Alabama, applied mathematics.
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