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Harrison, Hillgrove Students National Merit Semifinalists

They are among 55 in Cobb that have the opportunity to compete nationwide for 8,300 scholarships.

Editor's Note: The following is from the CobbCast News Blog.

Fifty-five students from nine Cobb high schools are among the 16,000 semifinalists for the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program.

These seniors now have an opportunity to compete for the 8,300 National Merit Scholarships that will be offered in spring 2013. Cobb’s National Merit Scholarship semifinalists are:

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Campbell
Grisham, Sarah
Morton, Joshua S.
Tamas, Rachel F.

Harrison
Bell, Jordan N.
Hopper, Jackson D.
Mowery, Cullen L.

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Hillgrove
Maurer, Luke C.

Kennesaw Mountain
Hankal, Anna L.
Milam, Audrey

North Cobb
Arehart, Nicholas W.

Lassiter
Cohn, Brian M.
Gwaltney, Anna
Johnson, Bailey E.
Rowe, James C.
Smith, Ryan A.

Pope
Bao, Wendi
Brownlee, Bonnie G.
Lo, Krystal W.
Miller, Patrick R.
Portwood, Carter O.
Simmons, Zachary J.
Steine, Joanna

Walton
Chaudhuri, Suporna
Collins, Ralph L.
Enochs, Alisa A.
Fei, George Q.
Goldshlager, Gil S.
Granros, William C.
Greenwald, Hannah D.
Kim, Jay K.
Larkin, Brendan C.
Lax, Kristin N.
Leung, Jessica T
Lynch, Thomas
McQueeney, Michael D.
Mo, Hali L.
Mookerji, Shaunish
Niu, Catherine T.
Patel, Nisha B.
Pirani, Farha A.
Rao, Kiran B.
Song, Roger S.
Wang, Michael C.
Wu, Alexander
Yamin, Farishtay
Zambory, Jeffrey W.
Zhang, Joy Q.

Wheeler
Booker-Lauridso, Haley M.
Fletcher, Christopher
Guo, Jenny N.
Han, Kevin
Johnson, Andrew M.
Khorana, Tejas
Lide, Morgan M.
Luna, Josue R.
O’Connell, Madeline C.
Park, Eunmin
Peters, Alan W.
Reddy, Snehitha N.
Sareddy, Sneha
Shenoy, Pranav M.
Zhang, Lucy S.

The number of semifinalists named in each state is in proportion to its percentage of the national total of high school graduating seniors and is based on performance on the 2012 Preliminary SAT.

To become a finalist, the semifinalists and their high schools must submit a detailed scholarship application in which they provide information about the semifinalist’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, and honors and awards received.

A semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, write an essay, and earn SAT scores that confirm the student’s earlier performance on the qualifying test.

The non-profit National Merit Scholarship Corporation will announce the program finalists in spring 2013.

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