Dover Student Wins National Merit Scholarship

DOVER, MA — A Dover student was named as a winner in the National Merit Scholarship Corporation's first group of scholarship recipients that included around 1,000 people nationwide.

Kevin Liu will receive funding from the Novartis Group, a pharmaceutical and health care manufacturer. He was selected based on PSAT scores, grades, an essay, a school nomination, and an application that included extracurricular activities, awards and leadership positions. Liu plans to go into economics.

Six Dover-Sherborn students were announced as semifinalists in September (finalists are not announced publicly by the corporation, only by individual high schools if they decide to do so). Roughly 16,000 students were selected as finalists, and 7,500 of them will win scholarships. The National Merit Scholarship Corp. will announce winners of the $2,500 award on May 12 and winners of the college-sponsored awards on June 2 and July 12.