Thursday, September 27, 2012
Pope, Walton and Wheeler seniors headline the Cobb contingent for the national scholarship program.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Students from Pope, Walton and Wheeler high schools have reached the semifinal stage of the National Merit Scholarship program. They are among 55 students from the Cobb County School District and nearly 16,000 nationwide still eligible for finalist status, which includes a $2,500 scholarship. The Pope students are: The Walton students are: The Wheeler students are: The number of semifinalists named in each state is in proportion to its percentage of the national total of high school graduating seniors and is based on performance on the 2012 Preliminary SAT (PSAT). To become a finalist, the semifinalist and his/her high school must submit a detailed scholarship application in which they provide information about the semifinalist’s …
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Ten recent Pope, Walton and Wheeler graduates are recipients of college-sponsored National Merit Scholarships.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Several recent graduates of Pope, Walton and Wheeler high schools have been named College-Sponsored National Merit Scholarship award winners. They are among the more than 2,000 students nationwide receiving between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship. The East Cobb recipients, their high schools, college choices and probable career fields include:
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
4 students from Walton High School, and one each from Wheeler and The Westminster School have earned $2,500 scholarships.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Five high school seniors from East Cobb have been named recipients of $2,500 scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Four of the students are from Walton High School: Jacob Albert (undecided career field); Denny Jin (mathematics); Hyun T. Kim (law) and Lisa Wang (biological research). Also selected where Wheeler High School's Daniel Wolfson (medicine) and Blake Marie Hauser of The Westminster School and who is interested in studying medicine. National Merit $2500 Scholarship winners are the Finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in rigorous college studies. They were selected by a committee of college admissions officers and high school …
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Two students from each of the two East Cobb high schools have earned National Merit Scholar corporate-sponsored awards.
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Four East Cobb students have been named corporate-sponsored National Merit scholarship winners by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Catherine F. Brock and William C. Gutman of Wheeler High School and Ryan A. Humble and Esther H. Kim of Walton High School are among the nearly 1,000 high school seniors nationwide who have won corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards financed by about 200 corporations, company foundations, and other business organizations. Scholars were selected from students who advanced to the finalist level in the National Merit Scholarship competition and met criteria of their scholarship sponsors. Corporate sponsors provide National Merit Scholarships for finalists who are children of their …
