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The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced this year's National Merit $2,500 Scholarship winners on May 8. The 2,500 Merit Scholar designees were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding Finalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program.
National Merit Scholarship winners are the finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills and potential for success in rigorous college studies.
The number of winners named in each state is proportional to the state's percentage of the nation's graduating high school seniors.
These 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: the academic record, including difficulty level of subjects studied
and grades earned; scores from the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test; contributions and leadership in school and community activities; an essay written by the Finalist; and a recommendation written by a high school official.
Two of this year’s recipients are from Cape Coral, Zachary Ryan Bevington and Tyler W. Feichthaler
Bevington attends Canterbury School and has listed as his possible career field as civil engineering.
Feichthaler is an Oasis High School student and his probable career field is international relations.
Several other local students were also selected:
n Michaela Fischer of Fort Myers who attends Canterbury School with a probable career field of military service.
n Advaith Menon of Fort Myers who attends Dunbar High School with a listed probable career field of computer engineering.
n Jaansi Parsa of Fort Myers who attends Dunbar High School with a probable career field of computer science.
n Aaron M. Smolyar, also of Fort Myers and a Canterbury School student, with a probable career field of computer programming.
NMSC, a not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance, was founded in 1955 specifically to conduct the National Merit Scholarship Program. The majority of scholarships offered each year are underwritten by approximately 320 independent corporate and college sponsors that share NMSC's goals of honoring scholastically talented youth and encouraging academic excellence at all levels of education.
For more information, please visit www.nationalmerit.org