More than 135 Fulton County students are semifinalists for the prestigious National Merit Scholarship.
Across the country, 16,000 seniors are nominated for the scholarships, which will be awarded in the spring. The program said students are evaluated on their GPA, extracurricular activities, “moral character” and other factors.
About 7,500 scholarships will be given out, for a total of $32 million.
There are different kinds of National Merit scholarships — some sponsored by colleges, others by companies — that will be announced at different times throughout 2018.
Fulton’s 138 hopefuls are:
Alpharetta High School
Matthew Buxbaum
Vivian Cheng
Caleb Colburn
Anthony J. Elengickal
Julia Gu
Syed Haider
Benjamin A. Koehler
Maggie Lee
Sarah Medina
Aditya Mhaskar
Stephen Tong
Sraddha Valluru
Siddhartha Vemuri
Amanda Y. Wang
Evan Zhang
Jessica Zhang
Chattahoochee High School
Alexander Costa
Madhav Ghatpande
Kevin Huang
Neha Joshi
Alex Kim
Mary Lou
Apurva Nemala
Ryan Peng
Alice Qiao
Niranjan Ramasekaran
Supraja Sama
Akanksha Sharma
Emily Wang
Richard Xie
Jingyi Zhang
Galloway School
Wesley W. Hardin
Maxwell D. Palisoc
Brendan P. Sallee
Henry W. Grady High School
Anna A. Lomsadze
Alexandra B. Opsahl
Hannah G. Prausnitz-Weinbaum
Holy Innocents Episcopal School
Saffiya Bashey
Macnair A. Sawicki
David G. Sullivan
Homeschool
Jathan E. Caldwell
Lovett School
Charles A. Faramarzi
Grace E. Harrison
Kendall E. Krantz
Abigail J. Shlesinger
Mathes M. Vaughan
North Atlanta High School
Richard H. Hill
Pace Academy
Frederick J. Carter
Jackson L. Fuller
Harrison Lewis
The Weber School
Rosasharn L. Brownchamb
Isaac N. Weissman
Westlake High School
Denae Clowers
The Westminster Schools
Ogechi C. Adele
Mason Arbery
Katherine F. Barkin
Elizabeth G. Canfield
Alexander L. Cann
Ethan Denning
Thomas R. Draper
Katharine E. Greene
Wirt A. Jones
Andrew Lingle
Phoebe C. Liu
Alexander Palacios
Vishan Patel
William W. Talley
Alan Xu
Kelsey L. Yao
Iris Yin
Woodward Academy
Jack W. Cenatempo
Trinity Foley
Samuel Kukler
Mary E. Lecesne
Stratton E. Marsh
Alex H. Rand
Benjamin J. Shipp
Olivia M. Silva
Arjun Srinivasan
Maxwell R. White
Johns Creek High School
Yasmin Ajirniar
Fatih Altunbasak
Neharika Bhatia
Sabrina Elson
Suzanne Enos
Nathaniel Fulmer
Lauren Garrett
Jessica Hou
Janet Huang
Caroline Kwon
Hoo Eon Kye
Joanna Li
Eric Mei
Grace Rarer
Allison Rothrock
Chesson Sipling
Jessie Sui
Parth Thakkar
Saachi Wadhwani
Ethan Wang
Yi Qing Wang
Grace Wei
Ashley Wu
Stephanie Zhang
Cambridge High School
Michael Carrow
Jason E. Howard
Srijita Nandy
Michael Wallace
Carter Wood
Milton High School
Yorick Andeweg
Justin Chang
Samin Islam
Sunny Jin
Bryson Moore
Jean Moorman
Abhisri Ramesh
Emma Turner
Blessed Trinity Catholic High School
Anna C. Hart
Brendan Hudgins
Caroline C. Riedl
Christopher M. Turko
Centennial High School
Andrew Duffy
Chloe LeCates
Kayley A. Olewicz
Anise J. Overton
Emma Sweigart
Roswell High School
Ryan Eck
Joshua Herring
Cassandra Manrique
Rahil Patel
Joseph Ross
North Springs Charter High School
Claudia D. Chu
Jared Coffsky
Daniel Lopez
Eric Miller
Riverwood International Charter School
Saya A. Abney
Lily Schneider
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