REGION – Several local high school students were among more than 2,900 winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities.
Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the finalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.
An additional group of scholars will be announced in July, bringing the total number of college-sponsored merit scholarship recipients in the 2024 competition to more than 3,600.
This year, 149 higher education institutions are underwriting merit scholarship awards through the National Merit Scholarship Program. Sponsor colleges and universities include 77 private and 72 public institutions located in 42 states and the District of Columbia.
The local winners include:
Vishnu K. Angiras, Shrewsbury High School
Probable career field: Aerospace engineering
National Merit Texas A&M University Scholarship
Advait Bhowmik, Shrewsbury High School
Probable career field: Computer science
National Merit Purdue University Scholarship
Shreya Venkayala, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science, Worcester
Probable career field: Medicine
National Merit Texas A&M University Scholarship
Matthew J. Zhang, Algonquin Regional High School
Probable career field: Law
National Merit University of Southern California Scholarship
Ayush Kataria, Westborough High School
Probable career field: Investment banking
National Merit Washington and Lee University Scholarship
REGION – Several local high school students were among more than 2,900 winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities.
Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the finalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.
An additional group of scholars will be announced in July, bringing the total number of college-sponsored merit scholarship recipients in the 2024 competition to more than 3,600.
This year, 149 higher education institutions are underwriting merit scholarship awards through the National Merit Scholarship Program. Sponsor colleges and universities include 77 private and 72 public institutions located in 42 states and the District of Columbia.
The local winners include:
Vishnu K. Angiras, Shrewsbury High School
Probable career field: Aerospace engineering
National Merit Texas A&M University Scholarship
Advait Bhowmik, Shrewsbury High School
Probable career field: Computer science
National Merit Purdue University Scholarship
Shreya Venkayala, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science, Worcester
Probable career field: Medicine
National Merit Texas A&M University Scholarship
Matthew J. Zhang, Algonquin Regional High School
Probable career field: Law
National Merit University of Southern California Scholarship
Ayush Kataria, Westborough High School
Probable career field: Investment banking
National Merit Washington and Lee University Scholarship
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