Lansdale Resident Wins Corporate-Sponsored National Merit Scholarships

LANSDALE, PA — A Lansdale resident is among several area students that have distinguished themselves from their peers across the nation, becoming part of an elite group of individuals that have earned corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarships.

Corporate sponsored scholars are selected by companies from students who advanced to the finalist level of the National Merit Scholarship competition. Students are children of employees in the sponsoring company in question, residents in the community where the company is based, or plan to pursue careers in a field the company wants to encourage, the NMSC said.

Methacton senior and Lansdale resident Emily Y. Cheng, who has a probable career field of public health, has won the National Merit Pfizer Inc Scholarship.

Here's what the NMSC has to say about this award:

"Pfizer Inc is a diversified company with plants in some 40 countries and sales in more than 100. Its approximately 90,000 employees produce and market pharmaceuticals, agricultural products, hospital products, and consumer products. These Merit Scholarship awards are provided by Pfizer Inc to the children of employees."

Winners of corporate scholarships came from a pool of 1.6 million high school juniors from more than 22,000 high schools who took the PSAT test as juniors in 2015. Roughly 16,000 semifinalists, and then 7,500 finalists, were chosen nationally.

Winners of corporate scholarships are distinct from winners of the $2500 National Merit Scholarship, who are selected from the finalist pool by a committee of college admissions officers and high school counselors.

Congratulations, students!

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