Tianyue Xu of Walton High School and Angie Zhu of Wheeler High School are among the initial group of National Merit Scholarship recipients for the Class of 2023.
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation made the announcements Wednesday in the category of corporate-sponsored scholarships.
Those scholarships went to more than 800 seniors across the nation and are funded by corporations, many of them employing the parents of the students.
The specific scholarship amounts were not revealed, but they typically range between $1,000 and $10,000.
Xu, whose listed probable career field is law, is the recipient of a State Farm Companies Foundation scholarship.
Zhu, who has listed finance as a probable career field, received a National Merit Norfolk Southern Scholarship.
Several more scholarship winners will be announced through the rest of the spring. Here is the criteria, as per the National Merit Scholarship program:
To be considered for a National Merit Scholarship, Semifinalists had to fulfill requirements to advance to Finalist standing. Each Semifinalist was asked to complete a detailed scholarship application, which included writing an essay and providing information about extracurricular activities, awards, and leadership positions. Semifinalists also had to have an outstanding academic record, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, and earn SAT® or ACT® scores that confirmed their qualifying test performance. From the Semifinalist group, over 15,000 met Finalist requirements.
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