Radnor, Academy of Notre Dame Students Named National Merit Scholars

Radnor Township School District and the Academy of Notre Dame de Namur have cause to celebrate. Today, two RHS students and one Notre Dame student were announced as National Merit Scholars, which earned these students each a $2,500 scholarship.

Radnor students Kail J. Yuan, of Bryn Mawr, who will likely go on to study mechanical/robotics engineering, and Jessica T. Pevner, of Villanova, who will likely peruse biomedical engineering, earned the national distraction.

Merry Z. Gu, of West Chester, who attends Academy of Notre Dame de Namur in Villanova, also was named a National Merit Scholar. She plans on pursuing foreign services as a career path.

These students were among just 2,500 other students nationally who were named National Merit Scholars

They all earned themselves a $2,500 scholarship through the program.

To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the finalist level of the competition.

About 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and about half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title, according to a prepared statement.

More than 1.6 million students were considered for the contest when they took the PSATs in October 2015 as juniors.

Winners are selected purely on merit, without consideration of their family financial circumstances, college choice, major, or career plans.

Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 420 business organizations and higher education institutions, according to the news release.

With reporting by Justin Heinze

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