ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — Local students are being lauded in the latest installment of 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program award-winners. On the third list of four announced for the 2023-2024 school year, eight Arlington Heights area students are recipients of the corporate-sponsored awards, including:
By the conclusion of this year’s competition, National Merit Scholarship Corporation estimates more than 6,870 academic champions will have won National Merit Scholarships worth approximately $26 million.
The designees were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding finalists in the program.
According to officials, the scholars were selected by a committee of college admissions officers and high school counselors, who appraised a substantial amount of information submitted by both the finalists and their high schools, including: academic record, which includes difficulty level of subjects studied and grades earned; scores from the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®); contributions and leadership in school and community activities; an essay written by the finalist; and a recommendation written by a high school official.
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