2 Mahwah Students Win National Merit Scholarships: See Career Goals, College Choice

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — Several more National Merit Scholarship winners from Bergen County were announced this week — including two from Mahwah who attended different high schools.

The competitive annual scholarships are used for all four years of college, and are awarded based on PSAT scores, recommendations, and more.

Last month, a slew of Bergen County winners was announced, as well as their career goals. (See the previous story linked here.)

This week, the nonprofit announced a few more winners whose scholarships will be specifically provided by the schools they attend in fall.

National Merit Scholarships guarantee students $1,000 to $10,000 per year during college.

Below are the new winners announced in June:

College-Based National Merit Scholarship Winners

MAHWAH WINNERS:

Christopher Rodriguez, Mahwah

Bergen County Academies

Purdue University: Purdue University is a state-assisted university system with students on five campuses. Among the 25 largest colleges and universities in the nation, Purdue's West Lafayette campus enrollment exceeds 34,000. Undergraduate education at the West Lafayette campus is organized by academic schools: Agriculture; Consumer and Family Sciences; Education; Engineering; Liberal Arts; Management; Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences; Science; Technology; and Veterinary Medicine.

Merrick T. Sharp, Mahwah

Probable career field: Entrepreneurship

Mahwah High School

Rutgers University: Rutgers, which traces its beginnings to 1766, is the state university of New Jersey, enrolling undergraduates at 13 colleges (suburban and urban settings of 110 to 8,200 students) in New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden. Most of the colleges are residential. They offer study in a large variety of arts and science fields and many professional areas, such as Engineering, Pharmacy, Nursing, Environmental Sciences, Agriculture, and Performing Arts. Graduate degrees are offered in numerous fields.

ELSEWHERE IN BERGEN COUNTY:

Chloe J. Park, Englewood Cliffs

Probable career field: Engineering

Bergen County Academies

Vanderbilt University: Vanderbilt is an independent, privately supported university located in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in
1873 and is named after Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided funds to establish the university. The university offers undergraduate programs
in Liberal Arts, Music, Engineering, Education, and Human Development. Graduate programs are offered in the Humanities, Natural
Sciences, Social Sciences, Business, Engineering, Nursing, Divinity, Law, Medicine, and Public Policy.

Rishabh Singh, Harrington Park

Probable career field: Computer Science

Bergen County Academies

University of Maryland: There are three University of Maryland campuses. The College Park campus provides a comprehensive program of
graduate and undergraduate work, including a large and active general honors program. The Eastern Shore campus offers a small college environment with a selective honors program leading to admission to the university's professional schools. At Baltimore County, students will
find a medium-sized state university campus with particularly strong programs in the Arts and Sciences

Sofiya Tkach, Oradell

Probable career field: Graphic Design

Bergen County Academies

Rutgers University: Rutgers, which traces its beginnings to 1766, is the state university of New Jersey, enrolling undergraduates at 13 colleges (suburban and urban settings of 110 to 8,200 students) in New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden. Most of the colleges are residential. They offer study in a large variety of arts and science fields and many professional areas, such as Engineering, Pharmacy, and more).

Nathan Y. Kotchkin, Ridgewood

Probable career field: Chemistry

Ridgewood High School

The University of Tulsa: The University of Tulsa consists of five undergraduate colleges, a college of law and a graduate school. A full-time undergraduate and a graduate enrollment of some 5,000 students from all the states and 40 foreign countries are taught by a faculty of more than 350, with over 70 percent of the full-time faculty members holding earned doctorates. Six baccalaureate degrees are offered, and graduate andprofessional degrees are offered in over 10 areas.

Shlok Jay Jhaveri, River Edge

Probable career field: Statistics

Bergen County Academies

Vanderbilt University is an independent, privately supported university located in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1873 and is
named after Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided funds to establish the university. The university offers undergraduate programs in Liberal
Arts, Music, Engineering, Education, and Human Development. Graduate programs are offered in the Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social
Sciences, Business, Engineering, Nursing, Divinity, Law, Medicine, and Public Policy.

Benjamin Dreyer, Tenafly

Probable career field: Aerospace Engineering

Tenafly High School

Purdue University is a state-assisted university system with students on five campuses. Among the 25 largest colleges and universities in
the nation, Purdue's West Lafayette campus enrollment exceeds 34,000. Undergraduate education at the West Lafayette campus is
organized by academic schools: Agriculture; Consumer and Family Sciences; Education; Engineering; Liberal Arts; Management; Pharmacy,
Nursing and Health Sciences; Science; Technology; and Veterinary Medicine.

Matthew D. Specht, Waldwick

Probable career field: Computer Science

Bergen County Academies

Rutgers, which traces its beginnings to 1766, is the state university of New Jersey, enrolling undergraduates at 13 colleges (suburban and
urban settings of 110 to 8,200 students) in New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden. Most of the colleges are residential. They offer study in a
large variety of arts and science fields and many professional areas, such as Engineering, Pharmacy, Nursing, Environmental Sciences,
Agriculture, and Performing Arts. Graduate degrees are offered in numerous fields.