Millburn, Short Hills Students Earn 2017 National Merit Scholarships

MILLBURN, NJ — Several Millburn and Short Hills students were named among the 2017 National Merit scholarship winners. Nationwide, 2,500 Merit Scholar designees were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 high-achieving finalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Learn more about the annual program here.

Local 2017 winners included:

• Christopher G. Sun of Millburn High School (planned career: law)
• Derek J. Huang of Millburn High School (planned career: quantitative analysis)
• Mohar Kalra of Millburn High School (planned career: electrical engineering)
• Ellen Li of Pingry School of Basking Ridge (planned career: science/research)
• Audrey Yan of Millburn High School (planned career: undecided)

In addition, Victoria W. Mak of Millburn High School earned a National Merit corporate scholarship from the estate of Mary E. Beyerle. Mak expects to enter the field of corporate finance.

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