Fifteen Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) students have been awarded 2019 corporate-sponsored scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The students are part of a group of more than 1,000 National Merit finalists chosen to receive scholarships financed by corporations, company foundations, and other business organizations.
Winners of the corporate-sponsored scholarships, with their probable career fields are:
Montgomery Blair High School
- Allison Rose Borton (Computer Science)
- Soumith R. Gadila (Neurology)
- Reethi S. Padmanabhan (Biomedical Engineering)
Richard Montgomery High School
- Kevin Z. Liu (Undecided)
- Ananya Tadikonda (Medicine)
- Emily L. Tian (Law)
- Grant Yang (Biology)
- Alice S. Zhu (Computer Science)
Poolesville High School
Sherwood High School
- Seth E. Setse (Computer Science)
Wheaton High School
- Meili A. Bowden (Mechanical Engineering)
Quince Orchard High School
- Gudrun L. Thorkelsdottir (Computer Science)
Thomas S. Wootton High School
- Andrew W. Jiang (Psychiatry)
- Deepa S. Kori (Business Management)
- Xiwei Peng (Biomedical Engineering)
Most of these awards are renewable for up to four years of college undergraduate study and provide annual stipends that range from $500 to $10,000 per year. Some provide a single payment between $2,500 and $5,000. Recipients can use their awards at any regionally accredited U.S. college or university of their choice.
Additional National Merit Scholarship winners will be announced later this year.
