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ACP senior is Chandler dstrict's lone 2025 Flinn Scholar
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Twenty Arizona high school seniors have been awarded 2025 Flinn Scholarships. The only Chandler Unified School District student to be chosen this year was Jishnu Nayak of Arizona College Prep High School.
The only Chandler Unified School District student to be chosen this year was Jishnu Nayak of Arizona College Prep High School.
The merit-based award provides a full-ride scholarship to an Arizona public university, according to a news release.
Nayak’s honor means at least one ACP Knight has been selected for this award in consecutive years. Swanuja Godasi and Nico Castagna were Class of 2024 honorees.
He’s also one of two Gilbert residents among this year’s Flinn awardees. Smilangi Sidhugari attends BASIS Chandler.
ACP, BASIS Chandler, BASIS Flagstaff and Chaparral High School of Scottsdale each have a Flinn Scholar for the second consecutive year.
The 40th class of Flinn Scholars receives a comprehensive package valued at more than $135,000 over four years, including the cost of tuition, fees, housing, meals and at least two study-abroad experiences including a two-week group summer seminar following freshman year.
The 20 Flinn Scholars — representing 20 high schools — will be attending Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Arizona starting this fall.
The scholarship is supported by the Phoenix-based Flinn Foundation in partnership with the state’s three public universities. The Foundation, which announced its first class of Flinn Scholars in 1986, created the scholarship to retain Arizona’s highest-achieving students while bolstering the universities’ Honors Colleges as destinations for academic excellence.
The Flinn Scholars Class of 2025 will be introduced formally on May 3 at the program’s annual Recognition Luncheon, where they will be honored before some 200 family members, university officials, community leaders, and graduating Flinn Scholars.
Delivering the keynote address will be Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee.
Six Arizona high schools are celebrating their first Flinn Scholar, while eight of the 20 awardees reside outside Maricopa County. The Morenci High School scholar is the first in program history from Greenlee County in eastern Arizona.
The 20 high schools represented include a mix of public district and charter schools. There were more than 1,100 applications for the 2025 Flinn Scholarship, leading to an award rate of about 2%.
Computer science, engineering, biological and physical science, social sciences and law, business, education, visual and performing arts, and data science and public policy are some of the fields of study the 2025 scholars plan to pursue.
The application requires academic transcripts, minimum standardized test scores, essays and short-answer questions, and recommendations. Flinn Scholars are typically in the top 5% of their graduating class and demonstrate leadership and service in extracurricular activities.
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