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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