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Geneva Students Earn Presidential Scholarships to North Central College
Connor Bartel and Mia Casasanto of Geneva begin their studies at NCC.
Two Geneva residents have earned Presidential Scholarships to North Central College in Naperville.
Since 1978, North Central College has offered the Presidential Scholarship to academically talented and highly motivated students. The Presidential Scholarship is the top merit-based scholarship offered to students. Each year, Presidential Scholars make up less than 15 percent of the incoming class.
Presidential Scholars thrive at North Central and go on to be leaders in the classroom, athletics, music, theatre and a wide range of campus organizations and activities. After graduating, Presidential Scholars continue to excel, going on as Fulbright Fellowship recipients, gaining admission into highly rated medical and law schools or serving in the Peace Corps.
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The Presidential Scholarship is based on a combination of a student’s high school grade-point average from core academic classes and ACT/SAT test scores and is renewable for up to four years.
Presidential Scholars from Geneva who will begin their studies at North Central College in September are (student name, town, high school, area of study):
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- Connor Bartel of Geneva, Geneva Community High School, biology
- Mia Casasanto of Geneva, Geneva Community High School, psychology
Founded in 1861 and celebrating its Sesquicentennial in 2011, North Central College is an independent, comprehensive college of the liberal arts and sciences that offers more than 55 undergraduate majors and graduate programming in six areas. Located in the Historic District of Naperville, Illinois—rated by Money magazine as among the nation’s “Best Places to Live”—North Central College is just 30 minutes from Chicago’s Loop. With more than 2,900 undergraduate and graduate students, North Central College is committed to academic excellence, a climate that emphasizes leadership, ethics, values and service, a curriculum that balances job-related knowledge with a liberal arts foundation and a caring environment with small classes. Visit northcentralcollege.edu to learn more.
This article is courtesy of North Central College.
