FCPS students win 2015 National Merit Corporate Scholarships

[Anonymous]

– Kirsta Hackmeier of Langley High School (pathology), National Merit Northrop Grumman Scholarship.
– Ganesh Arvapalli of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology (biomedical engineering), National Merit General Dynamics Scholarship.
– Mary Pollin of Thomas Jefferson (mechanical engineering), National Merit Lockheed Martin Academic Scholarship.
– Anusha Saga of Thomas Jefferson (medicine), National Merit CACI Scholarship.
– Sai Uttla of Thomas Jefferson (computer science), National Merit Lockheed Martin Academic Scholarship.
– Renee Wah of Thomas Jefferson (medicine), National Merit CSC Scholarship.
– Steven Wang of Thomas Jefferson (engineering), National Merit Rockwell Collins Scholarship.
– Alexis Williams of Thomas Jefferson (medicine), National Merit the PwC Charitable Foundation Scholarship.
– Christopher Yeung of Thomas Jefferson (computer science), National Merit Raytheon Scholarship.
– Zeming Zheng of Thomas Jefferson (dentistry), National Merit Rockwell Collins Scholarship.

Corporate-sponsored merit scholarship awards are renewable for up to four years of college undergraduate study and range from $500 to $10,000 per year. Others provide a single payment between $2,500 and $5,000.

[Anonymous]

^ Corp NMS are given to children of employees

[Anonymous]

This looks like a lot fewer than in previous years.