3 Upper Dublin Students Named National Merit Scholars

UPPER DUBLIN, PA — Three Upper Dublin students have earned one of the more distinguished honors possible for a high school student: the National Merit Scholarship.

Jeffrey Fishman of Fort Washington was named a finalist winner of the scholarship. Only 2,500 winners were chosen from a pool of more than 15,000 students from around the nation.

Winners are selected purely on merit, without consideration of their family financial circumstances, college choice, major, or career plans. Students are evaluated on standardized test scores, academic record, leadership and community activities, a recommendation, and an essay.

Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 410 business organizations and higher education institutions, according to the news release.

In addition, two more Upper Dublin students won National Merit Corporate Scholarships: Samuel Caplan, of Ambler, who plans to study law, and Eric Hu, also of Ambler, who plans to study computer science.

Hu was awarded the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Scholarship, while Caplan was awarded the Mary E. Beyerle Scholarship.

About 1,000 seniors around the country were granted corporate scholarships, which are given to students who make it to the finalist level of the NMS competition and also meet the criteria of the companies involved.

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