3 Ridgewood, Glen Rock Teens Win National Merit Scholarships: See College, Career Choices

RIDGEWOOD AND GLEN ROCK, NJ — Each year, after testing, applications, and several rounds of culling, a limited number of high-achieving students in New Jersey win scholarships of up to $2,500 per year from the nonprofit National Merit Scholarship Foundation.

The scholarships, which are no-strings-attached for each of four years of college, come from the Foundation, or a corporation, or sometimes the students' intended colleges.

On Monday, the Foundation announced the students in New Jersey who'd be winning scholarships from a specific college.

Below are are the latest winners in Ridgewood and Glen Rock.

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Latest Winners

• Jeremy Bedwell-Coll, Glen Rock (An earlier version of this story left out part of his name)

Probable career field: Aerospace Engineering

College: 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.

• Kippei T. Miki, Ridgewood

Probable career field: Electrical Engineering

College: Case Western Reserve University

"Case Western Reserve University, located in Cleveland, Ohio, offers approximately 6,000 undergraduate students high-impact experience-based education in nearly 100 disciplines across four schools: arts and sciences, engineering, management, and nursing. As early as their first year, students conduct research, find high-quality internships and study abroad opportunities with faculty, and gain access to world-class neighboring institutions.

• Kimberly Ni, Ridgewood

Probable career field: Entrepreneurship

High School: Bergen County Academies, Hackensack

College: 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."