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3 from GSMST Among 10 Gwinnett Students Named to National Achievement’s List
Gwinnett's National Achievement Scholars were announced as part of the National Merit Scholarship program.
Ten Gwinnett County public high school seniors, including three students at Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, have been named National Achievement Scholars, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced.
According to Gwinnett County Public Schools, the students “were identified as outstanding Black American high school seniors considered as having the strongest record of accomplishments and greatest potential for academic success in college.”
Included on the list from Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology are Chinye E. Ijeli (probably career field: Medicine), Renae R. Irving (Biomedical Engineering), and Kira Pyronneau (Engineering). All three will receive a $2,500 National Achievement Scholarship.
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Other members of Gwinnett’s Class of 2014 identified as National Achievement Scholars:
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Mati T. Nemera
Probable career field: Medicine
National Achievement $2,500 Scholarship
Collins Hill
Mary U. Nosa
Probable career field: Anesthesiology
National Achievement $2,500 Scholarship
Grayson
Sydney A. Wade
Probable career field: Biomedicine
National Achievement $2,500 Scholarship
Mountain View
Wandia N. Mureithi
Probable career field: Medicine
National Achievement $2,500 Scholarship
North Gwinnett
Kara P. Jones
Probable career field: International Business
National Achievement $2,500 Scholarship
Parkview
Milan M. Ravenell
Probable career field: Engineering
National Achievement Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Scholarship
Peachtree Ridge
Leesa C. Quinlan
Probable career field: Law
National Achievement $2,500 ScholarshipAccording to a GCPS press release:
More than 160,000 students entered the 2014 National Achievement Scholarship Program by requesting consideration in the competition when they took the 2012 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®) as high school juniors. During the fall of 2012 as students began their junior year, semifinalists were designated within geographic regions based on the highest scores in the states that make up each region. They advanced to the finalist level in the competition by filling out a detailed application, presenting a record of high academic performance throughout high school, being endorsed and recommended by a school official from their local high school, writing an essay, and earning SAT scores that confirm the PSAT/NMSQT performance. Achievement Scholar honorees were selected from the finalists judged to have the strongest record of accomplishments.
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