Kiffen Loomis '16 Named National Merit Scholar
Kiffen Loomis '16 has been selected as a winner of a National Merit Scholarship. He was selected from among 15,000 Finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Competition, which recognizes those students who perform in the top 1% on the PSAT and who demonstrate a record of outstanding academic achievement.
Kiffen Loomis, who has been accepted to seven out of the eight Ivy League schools and is waitlisted at Yale, is the Honor Council Chair, a National AP Scholar, and the president of Notes from the Soul, an outreach group of student musicians that teaches and performs for children in Western North Carolina. He has been on the high honor roll every term, and has taken 12 AP classes. Last year Kiffen took first place in five North Carolina piano competitions, earning him the honor of performing as a soloist with the Asheville, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Hendersonville, and North Carolina Symphony Orchestras. He was twice awarded the Physics Award and for four consecutive years he has won the Form Award for having the highest GPA in his class. Last year he won the Harvard Book Award, the Latin Cup, and the Service Learning Award. He has also been a valuable member of the varsity tennis team since his arrival in 8th grade.
Congratulations, Kiffen!
