ETHS Student Awarded National Merit Scholarship To Oberlin

EVANSTON, IL — A recent Evanston Township High School graduate earned a college-sponsored National Merit scholarship, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced Monday. Abraham D. Forlichstein-Appel was awarded a scholarship to Oberlin College, a school of 2,800 students located near Cleveland, Ohio. He has a probable career field in economics, according to National Merit.

College-sponsored scholarships awarded by the organization provide between $500 and $2,500 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the sponsoring institution.

About 4,100 such National Merit scholarships are awarded from 173 colleges and universities, including 78 private schools and 78 public ones in 43 states and Washington, D.C., according to the nonprofit.

Winners are selected from among about 15,000 National Merit finalists by school officials from each sponsoring college or university.

Established in 1955, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation is an Evanston-based nonprofit that receives most of the funding for its scholarships from about 400 college and corporate sponsors.

Monday's announcement of more than 540 winners of college-sponsored scholarships is the final group of National Merit Scholars to be named in 2019. It brings the total number of winners to over 7,600, who will receive more than $31 million in scholarships.

National Merit last fall named 11 members of Evanston Township High School's class of 2019 as semifinalists in the program. Earlier this year, the nonprofit awarded college-sponsored scholarships to ETHS seniors bound for Grinnell College and the University of Southern California and a $2,500 scholarship from its own funds to another.

Earlier:

• 2 ETHS Students Awarded National Merit Scholarships
• ETHS Student Awarded National Merit Cash Scholarship
• 11 ETHS Students Named National Merit Semifinalists