3 Atlanta High School Grads Recognized As National Merit Scholars

ATLANTA — Three recent Atlanta high school graduates are among more than 1,000 additional Merit Scholarship recipients from around the county who will receive funding for college over the next four years.

The recipients announced Monday join more than 3,100 other National Merit Scholarship award winners who were named earlier this year. Officials of each sponsor college or university select scholarship winners from among the finalists of the National Merit Scholarship Program. College-sponsored financial awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution sponsoring the award.

More than 4,100 National Merit Scholarships were awarded by 160 (85 private, 75 public) universities across the country. The scholarship recipients will receive a total of nearly $30 million. In addition to the scholarships awarded by the schools, 2,500 National Merit Scholarships worth $2,500 apiece were awarded along with 1,000 corporate-sponsored awards were handed out for finalists who met specific criteria.

The following Atlanta students are recognized as National Merit Scholars:

• Probable course of study: Business Administration
• National Merit Scholarship awarded by Washington and Lee University, Lexington City, Virginia

Grace Y. Kim, Lakeside High School, Atlanta

• Probable course of study: Biology
• National Merit Scholarship awarded by Emory University, Atlanta

• Probable course of study: Statistics
• National Merit Scholarship awarded by Emory University, Atlanta