8 Gwinnett Seniors Named National Merit Scholars

Eight Gwinnett County seniors were among the 2,500 nationwide to win the National Merit Scholarship, it was announced Wednesday.

Each wins a $2,500 scholarship, the National Merit Scholarship Corp. said in a press release.

The competition for this year’s awards began in 2012, when around 1.5 million juniors took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. The 2,500 Merit Scholars were named from a pool of 15,000 finalists nationwide.

Gwinnett’s National Merit Scholars

• Grace E. Brosofsky, Buford

Homeschool

Probable career field: Environmental Engineering

• William H. Jin, Duluth

Gwinnett School of Math, Science and Technology

Probable career field: Biochemistry

• Stephen B. Jenkins, Lawrenceville

Mountain View High School

Probable career field: Electrical Engineering

• Martha S. Weber, Lawrenceville

Brookwood High School

Probable career field: Civil Engineering

• Aprotim Core Bhowmik, Lilburn

Parkview High School

Probable career field: Medicine

• Michael A. Yu, Lilburn

Parkview High School

Probable career field: Electrical Engineering

• Jasmine Deepa Pillarisetti, Norcross

Duluth High School

Probable career field: Biomedical Engineering

• Cynthia X. Fang, Suwanee

Groton School (Groton, Mass.)