Aurora, IL, February 8, 2018 – The National Merit® Scholarship Program recently named 45 finalists from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy® (IMSA) in its 2018 competition. IMSA finalists represent 27 different communities throughout Illinois. Nearly 25 percent of IMSA’s senior class are recognized as finalists.
Approximately half of the finalists will receive National Merit Scholarships for undergraduate study totaling more than $32 million. Merit Scholars® will be announced in the spring of 2018.
IMSA’s Finalists in the 2018 National Merit® Scholarship Program
| Last Name | First Name | Hometown |
| Agrawal | Gunwati | North Aurora |
| Arulanandan | Adhav | Crystal Lake |
| Babu | Vidya | Naperville |
| Bezugla | Katherine | Algonquin |
| Bravo | Rainier | Huntley |
| Campbell | Kyle | Riverton |
| Chen | Maelee | Highwood |
| Dhyani | Parth | Aurora |
| Gao | Irena | Makanda |
| Gupta | Abhay | Moline |
| Gupta | Sohum | Aurora |
| Gutta | Goutam | Carpentersville |
| Harkleroad | Aurora | Rockford |
| Hong | Sheehwa | Des Plaines |
| Hultquist | Charles | Bartlett |
| Jayewickreme | Radeesha | Naperville |
| Kasana | Nikhita | Naperville |
| Kovach | Istvan | Moline |
| Lin | John | Naperville |
| Lin | Yuzhao | Libertyville |
| Liu | Lucy | Aurora |
| Lisitza | Amy | Deerfield |
| Lu | Albert | Lisle |
| Mathew | Esther | Schaumburg |
| Mathew | Rebecca | Palatine |
| McCarthy | Eric | Naperville |
| Mu | Melissa | Naperville |
| Narayanan | Pranav | Aurora |
| Rajagopal | Sriram | Naperville |
| Roy | Neil | Addison |
| Sai | Shyam | Rolling Meadows |
| Sharma | Shivani | Aurora |
| Su | Emily | Naperville |
| Sullivan | Lucas | Oswego |
| Tetali | Chandana | Naperville |
| Urbanski | Lucas | Crystal Lake |
| Van Den Berg | Aimee | Evanston |
| Wang | Amy | Woodridge |
| Wang | Claire | Peoria |
| Xu | Peijing | Hoffman Estates |
| Xun | Rebecca | Palatine |
| Yan | Jesse | Libertyville |
| Yang | Gary | Naperville |
| Yeung | Hannah | Bolingbrook |
| Zhu | Jiyun | Schaumburg |
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Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA)
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) is the world’s leading teaching and learning laboratory for imagination and inquiry and an esteemed three-year residential high school. Nearly 700 Illinois 10-12th graders currently live at the academy in Aurora, Illinois. Students hail from across Illinois and are enrolled in tuition-free, rigorous college preparatory classes. Graduates are leaders in the business, education, scientific, and civic sectors. IMSA advances education through research, groundbreaking ventures and strategic partnerships. To learn more about IMSA and its programs, visit www.imsa.edu.
