4 Charlotte Seniors Win National Merit Corporate Scholarships

CHARLOTTE, NC— Four students from Charlotte are among roughly 1,000 seniors nationwide who’ve won a corporate-sponsored 2021 National Merit Scholarship award.

Sahil Azad, who attends the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, will receive a National Merit Siemens Scholarship, sponsored by Siemens Corporation. Azad intends to study computer science.

Angela Ge, who attends Ardrey Kell High School in Charlotte, will receive a National Merit TIAA Scholarship, sponsored by TIAA. Ge is undecided in her field of study.

Aaditi Jadhav, who attends Ardrey Kell High School in Charlotte, will receive a National Merit Walgreen Scholarship, sponsored by Walgreens. Jadhav intends to study medicine.

Smrithi Tirumalapudi, who attends East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, will receive a National Merit TIAA Scholarship, sponsored by TIAA. Tirumalapudi intends to study microbiology/immunology.

The National Merit Scholarship Corp. announced the awards Wednesday.

Scholars were selected from finalists in the National Merit Scholarship competition who met criteria of their scholarship sponsors. Corporate sponsors provide scholarships for finalists who are children of their employees, who are residents of communities the company serves, or who plan to pursue college majors or careers the sponsor wants to encourage.

Most awards are renewable for up to four years of undergraduate study, and they provide annual stipends from $1,000 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.

Wednesday announcement of 2021 scholarship winners is the first this year. The National Merit Scholarship Corp. will name recipients of $2500 scholarships on May 12, and winners of college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards on June 2 and July 12. By the conclusion of this year’s competition, about 7,500 academic champions will have won National Merit Scholarships worth approximately $30 million.

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