4 Forsyth County Grads Recognized As National Merit Scholars

CUMMING, GA — Four recent Forsyth County high school graduates are among more than 1,000 additional Merit Scholarship recipients from around the county who will receive funding for college over the next four years.

The recipients, who were announced Monday, join more than 3,100 other National Merit Scholarship award winners named earlier this year. Officials of each sponsor college or university selected scholarship winners from among the finalists of the National Merit Scholarship Program. College-sponsored financial awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution sponsoring the award.

The following Forsyth County students are recognized as National Merit Scholars:

• Akram M. Faraz
  • Alliance Academy for Innovation
  • Probable career field: Healthcare
  • National Merit - University of Georgia Scholarship
• Beatrice V. Evans
  • Forsyth Academy
  • Probable career field: Astronomy
  • National Merit - The University of Arizona
• Aryan Thakur
  • Denmark High School
  • Probable career field: Biotechnology
  • National Merit - University of Georgia Scholarship
• Akshitha D. Surapaneni
  • South Forsyth High School
  • Probable career field: Neuroscience
  • National Merit - Emory University Scholarship

More than 4,100 National Merit Scholarships were awarded by 160 (85 private, 75 public) colleges and universities across the country. The scholarship recipients will receive a total of nearly $30 million. In addition to the scholarships awarded by the schools, 2,500 National Merit Scholarships worth $2,500 apiece were awarded along with 1,000 corporate-sponsored awards were handed out for finalists who met specific criteria.

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