Earlier this year, 20 MCPS students earned National Merit Scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). Today, an additional eight Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students have earned college- and university-sponsored National Merit Scholarships, bringing the MCPS total for college- and university-sponsored scholarships to 28.
Each sponsoring college or university selected scholarship winners from among the finalists in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship. The additional winners, their sponsoring university or college, and their intended career fields are:
Montgomery Blair High School
Kevin G. Zhang
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Statistics
Elizabeth R. Yuan
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Computer science
Winston Churchill High School
Nathan X. Li
Purdue University
Probable career field: Computer science
Walter Johnson High School
Daniel M. Avillo
Carleton College
Probable career field: History
Joseph Kim
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Neuroscience
Emily E. Paranzino
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Neuroscience
Ella Tzeng
Pomona College
Probable career field: Education
Poolesville High School
Anya Sophie Olson
University of Maryland
Probable career field: Conservation
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