Two Spring Valley Discovery Seniors Named Presidential Scholar Finalists

We are pleased to announce that Spring Valley seniors Vamsi Gorrepati and Pallavi Rao have advanced to the final round of the 2020 Presidential Scholars Competition. They were selected among 621 semifinalists. 

Vamsi Gorrepati is a senior at Spring Valley High School in the Discovery magnet program. He has done research on tailoring Metal-Organic Frameworks to increase semiconductors' efficiency. Vamsi is also a part of Circle of Friends, HOSA, Mu Alpha Theta, National Honor Society, and Key Club. In Vamsi's free time, he enjoys photography, 3D printing, and hiking. In college, he plans on majoring in Biology.

Pallavi Rao is a member of the Discovery magnet program and is currently serving as South Carolina State HOSA President. She is also a student body officer, and Winter Days senior chair, leading the school's largest student-run service project. She is president of Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society), part of the National Honor Society and Science National Honor Society, and is Editor-in-Chief of the Green & Gold literary magazine. In college, she hopes to study global health.