Saratoga natives Nikil Balakrishnan and Kavita Singh have been named to the fall 2012 dean's lists for Whittier College and Southwestern University, respectively.
Balakrishnan is among the 217 high achieving students from Whittier College who made the fall 2012 dean's list.
Undergraduate students are awarded dean's list honors if he or she earns a 3.70 grade-point average while completing a full-time course load (12 units) in the fall and spring terms.
Singh was selected after scoring at least a 3.6 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale with at least 12 graded hours and being in good standing with the university.
Southwestern University is a selective, nationally recognized undergraduate liberal arts college with an enrollment of 1,350 students. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in Texas.
Founded by Quakers in 1887, Whittier College is an independent, four-year college offering a traditional liberal arts program integrated with both professional and pre-professional courses of study.