Massachusetts Students Named National Merit Scholarship Winners

MASSACHUSETTS — The National Merit Scholarship Corporation released the names of the final group of winners in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

NMSC named recipients of National Merit $2500 Scholarships on May 11, and winners of college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards on June 1. July 11, NMSC named the final group of winners. By the conclusion of this year's competition, about 7,500 students will have won National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $30 million.

High school juniors entered the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of entrants. Less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors make the cut, and to become a finalist, students must submit a detailed application.

Most of these awards are renewable for up to four years of college undergraduate study and provide annual stipends that range from $1,000 to $10,000 per year. Some provide a single payment between $2,500 and $5,000. Recipients can use their awards at any regionally accredited U.S. college or university of their choice.

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 orACT scores that confirmed their qualifying test performance. From the Semifinalist group, over15,000 met Finalist requirements.

Here are the winners from Massachusetts:

BILLERICA - Anchal B. Mahajan. Billerica Memorial H. S., Billerica. Probable career field: Medicine. NATIONAL MERIT COLBY COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP.

BOSTON - Jasmine Lee. Boston Latin School, Boston. Probable career field: Community Organization. NATIONAL MERIT BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP.

BOSTON - Emily Mai Chen. Boston Latin School, Boston. Probable career field: Healthcare. NATIONAL MERIT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP.

CAMBRIDGE - Christopher Dante Ashih. Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Cambridge. Probable career field: Cell Biology. NATIONAL MERIT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP.

GLOUCESTER - Ais Faulkner Ainsley Cook. Gloucester H. S., Gloucester. Probable career field: Bioinformatics. NATIONAL MERIT TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP.

HANOVER - Charles R. Solari. Thayer Academy, Braintree. Probable career field: Computer Programming. NATIONAL MERIT ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SCHOLARSHIP.

LEXINGTON - Julian X. Han. Lexington H.S., Lexington. Probable career field: Medicine. NATIONAL MERIT TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP.

LEXINGTON -Thomas L. Lane. Lexington H.S., Lexington. Probable career field: Neuroscience. NATIONAL MERIT DAVIDSON COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP

LEXINGTON - Keshav Sundar. Lexington H.S., Lexington. Probable career field: Biology. NATIONAL MERIT BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP

LINCOLN - Sonali Das. Lincoln-Sudbury Regional H.S., Sudbury. Probable career field: Undecided. NATIONAL MERIT BOWDOIN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP

LITTLETON - Cameron C. McLeod. Littleton H.S., Littleton. Probable career field: Environmental Science. NATIONAL MERIT TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP

MALDEN - Evan A. Keleti. Malden Catholic H.S., Malden. Probable career field: Computer Science. NATIONAL MERIT BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP

NEEDHAM - Samuel Joseph Billante. Needham H.S., Needham. Probable career field: Computer Science. NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOLARSHIP.

NEWTON - Michael H. Sun. Newton South H.S., Newton. Probable career field: Computer Science. NATIONAL MERIT BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP.

SHARON - Aditya S. Bachina. Boston University Academy, Boston. Probable career field: Computer Science. NATIONAL MERIT RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP.

SHREWSBURY - Penelope Crosby. Shrewsbury H.S., Shrewsbury. Probable career field: Biology. NATIONAL MERIT TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP

WELLESLEY HILLS - Doyoung A. Ahn. Wellesley H.S., Wellesley. Probable career field: Neuroscience. NATIONAL MERIT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP.

WESTBOROUGH - Anzhuo Wang. Westborough H.S., Westborough. Probable career field: Computer Science. NATIONAL MERIT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP.