Acton-Boxborough Students Earn National Merit Scholarships

ACTON, MA — Four Acton-Boxborough students were among the 36 graduating seniors across Massachusetts who earned a scholarship sponsored by a university.

The four Acton-Boxborough students who earned the scholarships are Alice C. Fan, Anne M. Qian, Smrithi Dhananjaya and Emily T. Zhao.

This week's scholarships are the third round handed out so far in 2020. The National Merit Scholarship Corp. announced 3,300 winners across the U.S. on Wednesday. Each student will get between $500 and $2,000. An additional round of college based scholarships will be announced in July, according to the NMSC.

Alice Fan plans on studying biomedicine, her scholarship was sponsored by Boston University.

Anne Qian plans on studying environmental policy and her scholarship was sponsored by the University of Chicago.

Smrithi Dhananjaya plans on studying medicine, his scholarship was sponsored by Northeastern University.

Emily Zhao plans on studying political science and also had her scholarship sponsored by Northeastern University.