Swampscott Resident Named National Merit Scholar

The 2015 list of National Merit Scholars has been announced and one of them calls Swampscott home.

Sina Golkari is a senior at Phillips Academy in Andover, one of the school’s six 2015 National Merit Scholars.

According to a press release from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, Golkari’s probable career field is biomedical engineering. As a National Merit Scholar, Golkari will receive a $2,500 scholarship to be used at any accredited college or university in the United States.

As a recipient of the award, Golkari is among just 2,500 students nationally to be selected from a finalist pool of 15,000. The award is given to finalists in each ”judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in rigorous college studies,” the press release reads.

A panel of college admissions officers and high school counselors selected the scholars after reviewing information submitted by the finalists’ high schools and the finalists themselves including test scores, rigor of classes taken, leadership and contributions in school and the community and other factors.