Vista • Fall 2009 • Volume 14 • Number 2


Mount Holyoke Welcomes 21st-Century Scholars
Mount Holyoke is proud to introduce its new 21st-Century Scholars Program, which recognizes new students of remarkable achievement. All 21st-Century Scholars receive a merit scholarship renewable for four years and funding for an internship or research project. They also participate in scholarly and social events and enroll in a first-year honors tutorial with a distinguished faculty member. Each applicant to the College is considered for this award; no additional application is necessary. Award winners are selected by the Office of Admission without regard to financial need.



Natalia Alvarez Diaz
American Community School, Beirut, Lebanon
Layli Amerson
Verona Area High School, WI
Mary Elizabeth Baumgartner
Leonardtown High School, Silver Spring, MD
Allison Berger
Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
Ellen Bledsoe
Lakeside High School, Evans, GA
Cassidy Bommer
Kent Place School, Summit, NJ
Kameron Brodie
Bloomfield High School, NJ
Seyyada Burney
Kuwait English School, Salmiya, Kuwait
Yucheng Chen
NE Yucai Foreign Language, Shenyang, China
Lindsay Culbert-Olds
Arlington High School, MA
Stephanie Daussin
Apex High School, NC
Jessica Freese
Raleigh Charter High School, NC
Mishal Halim
Karachi Grammar School, Pakistan
Liliana Hoot
Edmond Memorial High School, OK
Alexandra
Iturralde Baltimore School for the Arts, MD
Noa Karr
Concord-Carlisle High School, MA
Tolulope Kehinde
Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja, Nigeria
Cheong Ah Kim
Cheongshim Intl. Academy, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Alexis Kriete
Middletown Senior High School, MD
Rachel Krueger
JFK Memorial High School, Burien, WA
Thea Lange
North Shore High School, Glen Head, NY
Ariel Lantz
Oakham School, UK
Ashley Lewis
Parkview Baptist High School, Baton Rouge, LA
Shuo Li
High School Affiliated to University of Renmin, Beijing, China
Meaghan Lynch
Nantucket High School, MA
Zanna McKay
Saigon South International School, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Alena McNamara
Southwest High School, Minneapolis, MN
Andrea Miranda
William P. Clements High School, Sugar Land, TX
Rebecca Neubardt
White Plains High School, NY
My-Linh Nguyen
Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, MD
Sylvia Peterson
McNair Academic High School, Jersey City, NJ
Marcy Rattner
Pinewood School, Los Altos Hills, CA
Jordan Seto
Misr Language School, American Div., Cairo, Egypt
Ifrah Shahi
Lahore Grammar School, Pakistan
Erin Syring
Central High School, La Crosse, WI
Amani Talwar
George C. Marshall School, Ankara, Turkey
Sarah Tulimat
Asmaa High School, Homs, Syria
Cory Ventres-Pake
Cleveland High School, Portland, OR
Ayoola White
Southfield-Lathrup Senior High School, MN
Ruby Sarah Wilkinson
Hingham High School, MA
Chelsea Wurms
College Preparatory School, Oakland, CA

21st-Century Scholars
At a Glance
High School:



Public 66%
Private 27%
Parochial 7%
Domestic 76%
International 24%

Average:



GPA 3.95
SAT Critical Reading 736

SAT Math 718

SAT Writing 731
ACT 33
RIC 95

Scholars and More
Speaker of English, Urdu, Spanish, French, and Arabic; Patent owner for ultrasonic snow measuring; Singer in women’s barbershop quartet; President, Gay/Straight Alliance; Stage manager and costume designer; Epée squad leader; Coauthor, Korean language instruction book; Volunteer, Marine Science and Technology Center; Tri-sport athlete; Ballet teacher, British Academy of International Arts; Number 2, Syrian national tennis tournament; President, National Honors Society; Writer of novel for young readers; Fundraiser; On exchange in Egypt, Alabama, India, and France; Trapeze artist; Black belts; Winner, MHC Book Award; Founder, “Helping Hands”; President, varsity debate; Class valedictorian; Barn manager


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