90 Charlotte Seniors Are National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

Charlotte NC

15 September, 2021

2:57 PM

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CHARLOTTE, NC — A total of 90 high school students who attend Charlotte high schools are among 16,000 semifinalists for the National Merit Scholarship, which were announced on Wednesday. The following students are in the running for more than 7,500 National Merit Scholarships that are worth more than $30 million and that will be offered to students next spring, according to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. To be considered for an award, semifinalists must meet several requirements to advance to the finalist level of the competition. ARDREY KELL H. S. Mikaela R. Anthony, Sathvik C. Avulapati, Kunjal Bastola Colin W. Byerly Joshua Cai Veronica CifuentesNavya H. Datla Jacob H. GyoerkoeMihir P. Kale Neeraja Kulasingam Anushka KulkarniKatherine R. LangKevin Lin Nicholas M. Longueira Reid D. Ludwick Prateek Mishra Sanjana Mishra Andrew J. Nees Vamsi S. Palukuri Ananya D. Ramesh Aditi Sengupta Soham K. SharmaKavya K. Shyam Samantha C. Sileo Sreya VaddireddySandeep VasireddyRoopasree Velraja Emma C. Wallace CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC SCHOOL Rebecca R. DentonAnna T. Greeley Mark P. Kraay CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL David O. Ntim CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL Janae-Rose T. Fageyinbo Samuel E. Farnha Grace M. Gardner, Kenan T. Hawley Kenneth G. Jackson Tyler S. LetarteRaunak Mandal, Charlotte D. Nofsinger Abe H. Orlandi Lucy G. Sasz, Katherine A. Sluder, Janani A. Sundaram CHARLOTTE ENGINEERING EARLY COLLEGE Eliza A. Haines CHARLOTTE LATIN SCHOOL Walden M. Becker Benjamin C. BridgesDavis M. CaryJoshua FanRachel E. HallLaura S. HanCora E. SnyderWilliam W. Zhou EAST MECKLENBURG HIGH SCHOOL Tigest G. Aboye David A. Levy Maxim K. Nemecek THE FLETCHER SCHOOL Ana S. Alonso HOMESCHOOL Moira A. Gleason INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL Jonathan W. Smith MYERS PARK HIGH SCHOOL Anneliese Bowers Molly M. Canipe Anna B. Davis John P. DuffyJane M. Thompson, Samuel A. Waller PROVIDENCE DAY SCHOOL Phoebe J. BrennanWilliam R. EustisRachel A. Hobby Harold W. JonesReid W. Laughton Audrey MartinClaire E. MillerDeclan W. PetersSydney A. Stang PROVIDENCE HIGH SCHOOL Aditi Bharathkumar, Diya Bhatt Olivia G. BissonAditi DumpalaJackson R. Gerdes Ethan M. HillAudrey E. KimArvindh Manian Anukul MoreVansh Nishchal William E. PanShreya Sankar John A. SchubertSloane D. Stamp Andrew R. TuzLisa P. Zhang SOUTH MECKLENBURG HIGH SCHOOL Kate A. Sappenfield JOHN TAYLOR WILLIAMS MONTESSORI SCHOOL Evan T.Fitzgerald To become a finalist, the student and a high school official must submit a detailed scholarship application, in which they provide information about the student's academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received, the corporation announced. Students must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a school official, write an essay, and earn SAT or ACT scores that confirm the student's earlier performance on the qualifying test. Every finalist will compete for one of 2,500 National Merit $2500 Scholarships that will be awarded on a state-representational basis. About 1,000 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards will be provided by approximately 220 corporations and business organizations for students who meet their criteria, such as children of the grantor's employees or residents of communities where sponsor plants or offices are located. In addition, about 180 colleges and universities are expected to finance some 4,000 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards.