13 Fulton Students Named National Merit Scholars

ALPHARETTA, GA — The National Merit Scholarship Corp. recently announced that 13 Fulton County seniors have been awarded corporate-sponsored scholarships as part of its 2018 awards program.

Roughly 1,000 students nationwide qualified for this prestigious award. Students from Fulton County winning scholarships include:

Benjamin A. Koehler, Siddhartha Vemuri and Amanda Y. Wang, of Alpharetta High School; Cambridge High School student Michael J. Wallace; Chattahoochee High School student Alice Qiao; Johns Creek High School students Joanna C. Li, Eric Mei, Ashley Wu and Sandeep Yerraguntla; Milton High School student Yorick Andeweg; and Northview High School students Vinay Mehta, Rebecca Shelby Francis and Vineet P. Reddy.

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These particular National Merit scholarships are sponsored by corporations that designate awards for finalists with career plans the sponsor wishes to encourage; for children of their employees; or for residents of a community where a company has operations. They may be renewable for four years of undergraduate study or be granted as one-time awards.

Qualifying students were identified through exceptionally high scores on the PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. In addition to having a record of high academic performance, they were endorsed by their principal and earned high SAT scores confirming their earlier qualifying test performance.

National Merit Scholarship Corp. conducts the annual National Merit Scholarship and National Achievement Scholarship programs. Scholarships awarded through the programs are underwritten by business organizations and higher education institutions, as well as by the organization’s own funds.

The organization will announce the final three rounds of winners, which are for those earning National Merit-sponsored and college-sponsored scholarships, on May 9, June 6 and July 16.

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