Glencoe Student Wins National Merit Scholarship To Vanderbilt

WINNETKA, IL — A New Trier High School graduate is among the more than 3,000 winners of college-sponsored National Merit scholarships announced Wednesday.

Jeremy A. Worth, of Glencoe, was awarded a National Merit scholarship sponsored by Vanderbilt University, a private university in Nashville, Tennessee.

Worth plans to pursue a career in the field of neurology, according to National Merit.

More than 150 colleges and universities are providing annual awards of between $500 and $2,000 a year for four years of undergraduate study.

Three other New Trier Township residents have already been awarded National Merit scholarships so far this year.

A pair of Wilmette residents who attended New Trier High School was awarded cash scholarships last month. And a Glencoe resident who attended the University of Chicago Laboratory School was also awarded one of the $2,500 scholarships.

Last fall, 19 students from New Trier High School, two from Loyola Academy and one from North Shore Country Day School were all named semifinalists based on the results of a Preliminary SAT test taken during their junior years, according to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, the Evanston-based nonprofit that has administered the program since 1955.

In order to become eligible for scholarships, semifinalists are required to submit a detailed application, including an essay and recommendation from a high school official.

The final group of National Merit scholarships — about 800 more recipients — are due to be announced on July 10. By then, about 7,140 recent high school graduates will have been awarded about $28 million in scholarships.

Earlier: 22 New Trier Area Students Named National Merit Semifinalists