Episcopal Academy Students Win National Merit Scholarships

NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA — Two students at Episcopal Academy in Newtown Square have been named National Merit Scholarship winners.

According to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, Megan C. Dugery, of Haverford, has won the National Merit Davidson College Scholarship and Kathryn R. Barber, of Malvern, has won the National Merit University of Southern California Scholarship.

Dugery is expected to pursue a career in mathematics and Barber is expected to pursue entrepreneurship.

College-sponsored Merit Scholarships award between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.

These two students are among 7,140 Merit Scholar designees who were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 finalists in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program.

To compete for Merit Scholarship awards, Semifinalists first had to advance to the Finalist level of the competition by fulfilling additional requirements.

Each Semifinalist was asked to submit a detailed scholarship application, which included writing an essay and providing information about extracurricular activities, awards, and leadership positions.

Semifinalists also had to have an outstanding academic record, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, and earn SAT or ACT scores that confirmed the qualifying test performance.

From the Semifinalist group, over 15,000 met requirements for Finalist standing, and about half of the Finalists will be Merit Scholarship winners in 2023.