Aurora, IL, February 11, 2021 – The National Merit® Scholarship Program recently named 29 finalists from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy® (IMSA) in its 2021 competition. IMSA finalists represent 23 different communities throughout Illinois.
IMSA’s Finalists in the 2021 National Merit® Scholarship Program
First Name |
Last Name |
Hometown |
| Muyiwa | Arowolo | Bolingbrook |
| Brooke R. | Bolsinger | Addison |
| Delicia L. | Chen | Dunlap |
| Archan | Das | Barrington Hills |
| Zachary S. | Eness | Aurora |
| Isabella G. | Foes | Loves Park |
| Chandra L. | Gangavarapu | Naperville |
| Jonathan | Gao | Makanda |
| Rachna | Gupta | Hoffman Estates |
| Shrutika | Gupta | Plainfield |
| Ellyn Y. | Hu | Deerfield |
| Eugene Y. | Lim | Streamwood |
| Cynthia X. | Mu | Dunlap |
| Krisha T. | Patel | Elk Grove Village |
| Philip N. | Paulson | Sugar Grove |
| Akul S. | Prakash | Aurora |
| Prarthana | Prashanth | Aurora |
| Emily | Shao | Peoria |
| Fania A. | Si | Dunlap |
| Heldanna | Solomon | Hillside |
| Kodai | Speich | Rockford |
| Devraj | Thakkar | Bartlett |
| Michael A. | Trombetta | Orland Park |
| Eva H. | Tuecke | Lombard |
| Sachin | Vijayaraj | Frankfort |
| Arthur | Wang | Aurora |
| Benjamin | Weber | Glen Ellyn |
| Wyatt O. | Wren | Oswego |
| Hannah L. | Xu | Naperville |
