4 In Ridgewood And Glen Rock Win National Merit Scholarships

RIDGEWOOD AND GLEN ROCK, NJ — Each fall, thousands of high-achieving students in both public and private high schools wait to see if they're among the semifinalists who will compete for a college scholarship of $2,500 per year, no strings attached.

The students first qualify to be Commended Scholars through the non-profit National Merit Scholarship Foundation through their PSAT scores junior year.

Then, a pool of thousands of teens across the country is whittled down to semi-finalists, who must submit recommendations, grades, and other information to compete to be a finalist and win a monetary award from the foundation, through a school, or from a corporation.

On Wednesday, the National Merit Scholarship Foundation released a list of students in New Jersey who have won a scholarship directly from the organization. They had also released a list in late April of corporate winners.

Ridgewood and Glen Rock Finalists

The following students in Ridgewood and Glen Rock will receive $2,500-per-year college scholarships from the NMSF:

Glen Rock

• Sophie He, probable career: mathematics

Ridgewood

• Yuri H. Jung, probable career: biochemistry
• Mathias Nguyen-Van-Duong, probable career: engineering

The following student has won a corporate scholarship:

Ridgewood

• Daniel Khalitov, probable career field: mathematics. He has won the National Merit James E. Casey Scholarship from the UPS Foundation, created in 1951 by United Parcel service for children of United Parcel Service employees.

Last Sept. 11, the National Merit Scholarship Board released its list of 2025 semifinalists, including Bergen County students.

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