Congratulations to the residents of Connecticut who have won National Merit Scholarships!
National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced that approximately 3,500 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 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution.
According to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, the 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 2018 competition to about 4,000.
The National Merit Scholarship Winners from Connecticut
Caroline S. Nisbet AVON 06001 AVON H. S., AVON
Probable career field: Nursing
NATIONAL MERIT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
Jason Lane Zheng BETHEL 06801 BETHEL H. S., BETHEL
Probable career field: Business Administration
NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP
Merry Wang CROMWELL 06416 CROMWELL H. S., CROMWELL
Probable career field: Biochemistry
NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS SCHOLARSHIP
Ethan J. Marsh DARIEN 06820 KING SCHOOL, STAMFORD
Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering (Automotive)
NATIONAL MERIT CLEMSON UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
Kevin M. Baldwin DEEP RIVER 06417 VALLEY REGIONAL H. S., DEEP RIVER
Probable career field: Actuarial Science
NATIONAL MERIT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
Bryce L. Costawong FAIRFIELD 06825 FAIRFIELD WARDE H. S., FAIRFIELD
Probable career field: Computer Science
NATIONAL MERIT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
Alexander J. Litt GREENWICH 06830 GREENWICH H. S., GREENWICH
Probable career field: Business
NATIONAL MERIT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
Shu Dong MADISON 06443 DANIEL HAND H. S., MADISON
Probable career field: Economics
NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND SCHOLARSHIP
Richard I. Nakatsuka MIDDLETOWN 06457 MIDDLETOWN H. S., MIDDLETOWN
Probable career field: Architecture
NATIONAL MERIT TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
James H. Fossati NEW CANAAN 06840 HOPKINS SCHOOL, NEW HAVEN
Probable career field: Finance
NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIP
Gynno C. Bacaoco NEWINGTON 06111
Probable career field: Biomedical Engineering
NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS SCHOLARSHIP
NEWINGTON H. S., NEWINGTON
Sarah Grace Kwon NORWICH 06360 LYME- OLD LYME H. S., OLD LYME
Probable career field: Public Policy
NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIP
Erin R. Hanlon RIDGEFIELD 06877 RIDGEFIELD H. S., RIDGEFIELD
Probable career field: Medicine
NATIONAL MERIT VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
Danila Babushkin SOMERS 06071 SOMERS H. S., SOMERS
Probable career field: Medicine
NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIP
Eric J. Gao SOUTHBURY 06488 POMPERAUG H. S., SOUTHBURY
Probable career field: Chemical Engineering
NATIONAL MERIT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
Bailey L. Paulk STAMFORD 06903 WESTHILL H. S., STAMFORD
Probable career field: Computer Science
NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS SCHOLARSHIP
Ashwin K. Sambasivam TRUMBULL 06611 TRUMBULL H. S., TRUMBULL
Probable career field: Computer Science
NATIONAL MERIT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
Caitlin A. Walsh TRUMBULL 06611 TRUMBULL H. S., TRUMBULL
Probable career field: Mathematics
NATIONAL MERIT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
David G. Stephenson UNIONVILLE 06085 FARMINGTON H. S., FARMINGTON
Probable career field: Applied Mathematics
NATIONAL MERIT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
Nicole S. Arellano WESTPORT 06880 STAPLES H. S., WESTPORT
Probable career field: Biology
NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIP
Leya Luo
STAPLES H. S., WESTPORT WESTPORT 06880
Probable career field: Neuroscience
NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIP
Elijah Cooley WEST SIMSBURY 06092 SIMSBURY H. S., SIMSBURY
Probable career field: Computer Science
NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA SCHOLARSHIP
Eugene J. Kim WINDSOR 06095 LOOMIS CHAFFEE SCHOOL, WINDSOR
Probable career field: Management
NATIONAL MERIT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
Milton J. Lee WINDSOR 06095 LOOMIS CHAFFEE SCHOOL, WINDSOR
Probable career field: Law
NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIP
Bryan C. Gu WOODBRIDGE 06525 HOPKINS SCHOOL, NEW HAVEN
Probable career field: Undecided
More than 1.6 million high school juniors in more than 22,000 schools entered the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program when they took the 2016 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®) and, in the fall, approximately 16,000 semi-finalists were named, according to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
Today’s announcement is the third National Merit Scholar release in 2018 by National Merit
Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). NMSC named recipients of corporate-sponsored awards on April 18 and winners of National Merit ® $2500 Scholarships on May 9. Additional recipients of college-sponsored awards will be announced on July 16. By the conclusion of this year’s competition, about 7,500 academic champions will have won National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million, according to the National Scholarship Corporation.