4 Woodbury Seniors Earn National Merit Scholarships

WOODBURY, MN — Four high school seniors from Woodbury are among the thousands who earned National Merit Scholarships this year.

Nikhil Jain, a senior at Woodbury High School, is set to receive a $2,500 scholarship from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which runs the program.

Jain was among 2,500 scholarship winners named Wednesday who chosen from a group of more than 15,000 “outstanding” finalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program, according to the organization.

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They were selected by a committee of college admissions officers and high school counselors, who analyzed students’ applications, academic records and scores from the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which students took as juniors in October 2020.

Three other seniors from Woodbury earned National Merit Scholarships sponsored by 3M.

National Merit 3M Scholarship winners were Minda C. Li and Minkai V. Li — both seniors at Woodbury High School — and Elissa Frankel, a senior at Mounds Park Academy in St. Paul, according to the organization.

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Corporate sponsors support scholarships for finalists who are children of employees, residents in the communities they serve or who plan to pursue an education in fields encouraged by the sponsor, according to the organization.

Most of the corporate-sponsored scholarships provide annual stipends of $1,000-$10,000 and can be renewed for up to four years, though some provide a single payment of $2,500-$5,000, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation said.

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The organization plans to name about 4,000 additional winners in June and July. By the time those winners are announced, about 7,500 high school seniors will have won about $28 million in National Merit Scholarships in 2022, the organization said.

National Merit Scholarship Winners from Woodbury:

• Nikhil Jain — probable field: Computer Science
• Elissa A. Frankel — Neuroscience
• Minda C. Li — Electrical Engineering
• Minkai V. Li — Mathematics

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