The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced their final list of awardees, which includes four Dallas ISD seniors.
The NMSC, a not-for-profit corporation focused on recognizing and honoring the academically talented students of the United States, announced a group of winners of the 2022 National Merit Scholars on July 11.
The four students are among 7,200 distinguished high school graduates who will receive scholarships for undergraduate study from sponsor colleges.
This year’s competition for National Merit Scholarships began when high school juniors took the 2020 Preliminary SAT, which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The organization named 16,000 semifinalists nationwide and selected finalists based on scholarship application entrees and SAT / ACT scores.
Officials of each institution selected their scholarship winners from among the Finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program who will attend their institution. College-sponsored awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.
The Dallas ISD students who won the awards are:
Aditya Bitra
High school: School for the Talented and Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center
Higher education institution: The University of Texas at Dallas
Probable career field: Medicine
Daniela N. Cedillo Ornelas
High school: School for the Talented and Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center
Higher education Institution: Pomona College
Probable career field: Psychology
Ishayu Gupta
High school: School of Science and Engineering at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center
Higher education Institution: Vanderbilt University
Probable career field: Finance
Nawaf Reaz
High school: School for the Talented and Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center
Higher education Institution: The University of Texas at Dallas
Probable career field: Computer Science
