National Merit Scholarships: 9 Loudoun Students Are Winners

Ashburn VA

12 May, 2021

9:30 AM

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LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA — 9 students from Loudoun County are winners of the second round of the National Merit Scholarship, which awards $2500 to recipients. For each state, the number of winners is proportional to the state's percentage of the nation's graduating high school seniors. The program says the winners are the finalists "judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills and potential for success in rigorous college studies." More than 1.5 million students applied for the highly competitive scholarship and the program says that around 7,500 students will go on to win scholarships in 2021 that total $30 million. Winners of the college-sponsored scholarship will be announced in June and July. Here are the winners of the $2,500 scholarships from Ashburn: Bharath Dileep KumarProbable career field: MedicineHigh school: Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyAmber K. GarchaProbable career field: Computer scienceHigh school: Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyRichik HaldarProbable career field: Chemical engineeringHigh school: Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyJonah S. HanProbable career field: NanotechnologyHigh school: Independence High SchoolSaahith JanapatiProbable career field: Computer scienceHigh school: Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyMillie B. PandyaProbable career field: Healthcare High school: Rock Ridge High SchoolPallavi J. VemuriProbable career field: MedicineHigh school: Rock Ridge High SchoolThere were also students from Leesburg and Purcellville who were selected as National Merit Scholarship winners. Courtney B. Maynard from LeesburgProbable career field: LawHigh school: Riverside High SchoolBrian A. Minnick from Purcellville Probable career field: Aerospace Engineering High school: Loudoun Valley High SchoolA total of 16,000 students were selected as finalists for the scholarships and the final winners are candidates "judged to have the strongest combination of academic skills and achievements, extracurricular accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies."