Two Barrington Students Win National Merit College Scholarships

BARRINGTON, RI — Only fourteen Rhode Islanders won National Merit Scholarships. Two of them are from Barrington. Richard F. Carolan, from Barrington High, won as a National Merit Scholar. Flora R. Baldwin, also from Barrington High, won the National Merit Harvey Mudd College Scholarship. Also, a student from Barrington Christian Academy, Elena C. Robson, of Riverside, won a National Merit University of Rochester Scholarship.

Nationwide, some 7,500 high school seniors are expected to collect National Merit Scholarships. So far, three rounds of winners have been announced. The first round included students who won scholarships sponsored by corporations. The second round named the winners the National Merit Scholarship Corporation chose itself. Rhode Island accounted for eight, including Richard. The third round added the finalists whose colleges gave them scholarships. Flora and Elena won that category. One more round of winners will be announced in July.

Here are the winners so far.

National Merit Scholars ($2,500)

1. Richard F. Carolan, of Barrington, from Barrington High. Probable career field: Engineering.
2. Sydney Jenkins, of Hope, from Moses Brown School in Providence. Probable career field: Astrophysics.
3. Amanda S. Carberry, of Narragansett, from Narragansett High. Probable career field: International Human Rights.
4. Michael Garvey, of Newport, from Rogers High. Probable career field: Computer Science.
5. Michaela F. Gamache, of North Smithfield, from North Smithfield High. Probable career field: Engineering
6. Aaron K. Cho, of Providence, from Classical High. Undecided about career field.
7. Ruby E. Schnirman, of Providence, from Wheeler School. Probable career field: Biology
8. Jessica C. McDonald, of Tiverton, from St. Mary Academy Bay View, in Riverside. Probable career field: Mathematics

Corporate-Sponsored National Merit Scholars ($500 to $10,000)

1. David W. Cabatingan, of Cumberland, from Cumberland High, won the Nelson F. Peterson Scholarship sponsored by Genentech. The scholarships are given to children of full-time employees in the U.S. His probable career field: Computer Engineering.

2. John D. Beretta, of Jamestown, from Providence Country Day School, won, the Metlife Foundation Scholarship. The Metlife scholarships are given to children of full-time Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. employees in the U.S. His probable career field: Medicine.

College-Sponsored Merit Scholarship Winners ($200 to $2,000)

1. Flora R. Baldwin, of Barrington, from Barrington High, has won the National Merit Harvey Mudd College Scholarship. Her probable career field: Chemical Engineering. The school is in Claremont, California.
2. Declan P. Smith, of Providence, from Bishop Hendricken High in Warwick, has won the National Merit University of Alabama Scholarship. His probable career field: Law.
3. Elena C. Robson, of Riverside, from Barrington Christian Academy in Barrington, has won the National Merit University of Rochester Scholarship. Her probable career field: Psychology.
4. Zachary P. Lapointe, of Saunderstown, from North Kingstown High, has won the National Merit Northeastern University Scholarship. His probable career field: Mechanical Engineering.

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