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Four Oakton High Students Win National Merit Scholarships

In all, 31 FCPS students won the prestigious scholarship.

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The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) has named 31 Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students winners of $2,500 National Merit® Scholarships.  The students are part of a group of approximately 2,500 National Merit® finalists chosen to receive scholarships primarily financed by the NMSC. 

Students who received the honor are from Centreville High, Chantilly High, Herndon High, Langley High, Madison High, Marshall High, Oakton High, Thomas Jefferson High, West Springfield and Woodson High.

Winners of the scholarships, with their probable career fields in parentheses, are: 

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  •        Connor Mitchell of Centreville High School (entrepreneurship).
  •       Julie Estrada of Chantilly High School (economics).
  •        Emily Schaal of Herndon High School (economics).
  •       Tae-Jung Yang of Herndon High School (chemical engineering).
  •        Nathaniel Speiser of Langley High School (physics).
  •        Leah Surratt of Langley High School (engineering).
  •        Katherine Tan of Langley High School (undecided).
  •        Matthew Cohen of Madison High School (history).
  •        Annika Dirkse of Marshall High School (biology).
  •        Stephen Mills of Marshall High School (engineering).
  •        Paul Burke of Oakton High School (nuclear engineering).
  •        Monica Hanratty of Oakton High School (economics).
  •        Ajay Mehta of Oakton High School (medicine).
  •        Rhea Singh of Oakton High School (surgical medicine).
  •        Sreenath Are of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) (computer science).
  •        Rohan Banerjee of TJHSST (aerospace engineering).
  •        Owen Gray of TJHSST (biotechnology).
  •        Abraham Kang of TJHSST (computer science).
  •        Veronica Lee of TJHSST (electrical engineering).
  •        Andrea Li of TJHSST (biological engineering).
  •        Ivy Ren of TJHSST (physics).
  •        Emily Schneider of TJHSST (medical research).
  •        Martha Shields of TJHSST (nuclear engineering).
  •        Chandan Singh of TJHSST (computer science).
  •        Wen Sun of TJHSST (chemical engineering).
  •        Joseph Valery of TJHSST (physics).
  •        Victoria Xia of TJHSST (computer science).
  •        Jennifer Yin of TJHSST (finance).
  •        Kelly Giddens of West Springfield High School (international relations).
  •        Isabella Brahm of Woodson High School (engineering).
  •        Chloe Yun of Woodson High School (medicine).
Each of the FCPS winners received a scholarship supported by the NMSC’s own funds with the exception of Yun, whose scholarship was underwritten by the UPS Foundation. 

Each scholarship winner was evaluated on his or her academic record, including difficulty level of subjects studied and grades earned; scores from two standardized tests; contributions and leadership in school and community activities; an essay describing interests and goals; and a recommendation from a high school official. 

The number of winners named in a state is in proportion to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating high school seniors.

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