Daniel Hand Student Wins National Merit Scholarship

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced approximately 3,500 winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities. Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the Finalists in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution.

These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship. An additional group of Scholars will be announced in July, bringing the total number of college-sponsored Merit Scholarship recipients in the 2018 competition to about 4,000.

This year, 178 higher education institutions are underwriting Merit Scholarship awards through the National Merit Scholarship Program. Sponsor colleges and universities include 100 private and 78 public institutions located in 44 states and the District of Columbia.

College-sponsored Merit Scholarship winners announced are a part of the distinguished group of about 7,500 high school seniors who will receive National Merit Scholarships for college undergraduate study worth over $31 million.

Shu Dong of Daniel Hand High School

Probable career field: Economics

NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND SCHOLARSHIP
The University of Richmond is a private, coeducational university with strong undergraduate programs in the Arts and Sciences and Business. The 350-acre campus of natural beauty and collegiate gothic buildings is located in the western suburbs of Richmond, VA. The endowment ranks in the top two percent of all American universities. Undergraduate enrollment in Richmond College for Men, Westhampton
College for Women, and the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business is limited to about 2,700.