Glen Ellyn Student Earns National Merit Scholarship

GLEN ELLYN, IL — Another round of National Merit Scholarship recipients has been unveiled, including one student from Glen Ellyn.

These students were among 7,500 students nationwide to receive the coveted scholarships in 2022. The most recent 2022 National Merit Scholar from Glen Ellyn is:

• Kaitlyn K. Lee, who attends Benet Academy in Lisle, will study medicine at Vanderbilt University

Scholarship recipients were chosen from a pool of 15,000 finalists who initially qualified as semifinalists based on their scores on the Preliminary SAT and National Merit Qualifying tests. Finalists were evaluated on their test scores, academic records and a personal essay detailing their awards, their involvement in leadership roles, extracurricular activities and more.

In May, another Glen Ellyn student was recognized in an earlier round of National Merit Scholarship finalists.