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Northwest suburban kids win National Medit scholarships

Posted May 04, 2010 11:00 pm

By Ashok Selvam

Sixteen of the 2,500 National Merit Scholars in this year's competition are from the Northwest suburbs.

The winners of the National Merit Scholarship Program were selected from a pool of more than 15,000 semifinalists. The National Merit Scholarship Program, based in Evanston, released the names of the winners on Wednesday.

A committee of educators picked the winners after sorting through academic records, test scores, participation in school and community activities, recommendations from teachers and personal essays.

• Megan Anderluh of Arlington Heights and Hersey High School; probable career: journalism.

• Daniel Malsom of Arlington Heights and Wheeling High School; probable career field: Environmental Engineering.

• Natasha Thondavadi of Barrington and Barrington High School; probable career field: Academia.

• Weili Zheng of Barrington and the Illinois Math & Science Academy; probable career field: Engineering.

• Evan Ribot of Buffalo Grove and Stevenson High School; probable career field: Law.

• Ranna Zhou of Buffalo Grove and Stevenson High School; probable career field: Finance/Systems Engineering

• Nicholas J. Biebel of Carol Stream and Glenbard North High School; probable career field: Botany.

• Christian Kreb of Mount Prospect and Loyola Academy; probable career field: Chemistry/Economics.

• Sarah Gallo of Palatine and Fremd High School; probable career field: Education (Humanities).

• Kevin Liu of Palatine and Fremd High School; probable career field: International Relations/Business.

• Arjun Puranik of Palatine and Fremd High School; probable career field: Mathematics/Computer Science.

• Kathleen C. Hurley of Park Ridge and Maine South High School; probable career field: Engineering.

Charles F. Schultz of Park Ridge and Maine South high School; probable career field: Education/Writing.

• Rohan Shah of Schaumburg and Fremd High School; probable career field: Computer Science.

• Zachary Bakal of South Barrington and Barrington High School; probable career field: Undecided.

• Jayanshu Jain of Wheeling and the Illinois Math and Science Academy; probable career field: Medicine.

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