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May 9, 2018 - 15 Students Awarded National Merit Scholarship Corporation $2,500 Scholarships
The $2,500 Merit Scholar designees were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding finalists in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program. National Merit $2,500 Scholarship winners are the finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills and potential for success in rigorous college studies. The number of winners named in each state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the nation’s graduating high school seniors.
These scholars were selected by a committee of college admissions officers and high school counselors, who appraised a substantial amount of information submitted by both the finalists and their high schools: the academic record, including difficulty level of subjects studied and grades earned; scores from two standardized tests; contributions and leadership in school and community activities; an essay written by the finalist; and a recommendation written by a high school official.
Congratulations to:
- Karen Z. Chen, Plano Senior High School, Probable career field: economics
- Zoie Fan, Plano West Senior High School, Probable career field: medicine
- Richard W. Guo, Plano West Senior High School, Probable career field: computer science
- Mohit Gupta, Plano East Senior High School, Probable career field: computer engineering
- Rahul S. Hayaran, Plano East Senior High School, Probable career field: computer science
- Teddy Hsieh, Plano West Senior High School, Probable career field: electrical engineering
- Andrew Y. Huang, Plano West Senior High School, Probable career field: chemical engineering
- Sharon Jiang, Plano West Senior High School, Probable career field: bioinformatics
- Katherine Lei, Plano Senior High School, Probable career field: neurology
- Ranie Lin, Plano West Senior High School, Probable career field: undecided
- Christina Lu, Plano West Senior High School, Probable career field: undecided
- Usaid Malik, Plano ISD Academy High School, Probable career field: computer science
- Soha A. Rizvi, Plano West Senior High School, Probable career field: economics
- Jonathan Z. Yang, Plano Senior High School, Probable career field: medicine
- Triston M. Zhang, Plano Senior High School, Probable career field: healthcare
About the National Merit® Scholarship Corporation
National Merit® Scholarship Corporation, a not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance, was established in 1955 to conduct the National Merit Scholarship Program. The majority of National Merit Scholarships offered each year are underwritten by some 410 independent corporate and college sponsors that support NMSC’s efforts to honor the nation’s scholastically talented youth and encourage academic excellence at all levels of education.