Five graduates of Fairfax County Public Schools
(FCPS) from the class of 2020 have been named winners of college-sponsored scholarships by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).
As per
www.connectionnewspapers.com, "Recipients of college-sponsored scholarships from the NMSC, with their probable career fields in parentheses, are:
- Rithika Balguri of Chantilly High School (biology), National Merit Virginia Commonwealth University Scholarship.
- Tanya Kurnootala of TJHSST (medicine), National Merit Virginia Commonwealth University Scholarship.
- Rohan Voddhi of TJHSST (computer science), National Merit University of Chicago Scholarship.
- Jessica Yoon of TJHSST (oncology), National Merit Emory University Scholarship.
- Mikhail Allen of TJHSST (computer engineering), National Merit University of Maryland Scholarship.
According to www.connectionnewspapers.com, "College-sponsored Merit Scholarships provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship. Nationwide, more than 7,600 students have won Merit Scholarship awards in 2020. This is the final group of scholarship recipients for the class of 2020."
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