National Merit Scholarship Corporation Awards 2020 Inglemoor Graduate

From the Northshore School District:

August 21, 2020

Congratulations to Inglemoor 2020 graduate Claire Longcore, who received a corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship in July. Nearly all corporate-sponsored Merit Scholar designees for 2020 were announced in April, however the award Longcore was selected to receive became available after the April announcement.

Longcore joins Inglemoor’s Danny Pham and Karen Haining, as well as Woodinville’s Ethan Wu for the designees of 2020 recognition.

Approximately 1,000 distinguished high school seniors across the country have won corporate-sponsored National Merit Scholarship awards financed by about 160 corporations, company foundations, and other business organizations. Scholars were selected from students who advanced to the finalist level in the National Merit Scholarship competition and met criteria of their scholarship sponsors. Corporate sponsors provide National Merit Scholarships for finalists who are children of their employees, who are residents of communities the company serves, or who plan to pursue college majors or careers the sponsor wishes to encourage.

Most of these awards are renewable for up to four years of college undergraduate study and provide annual stipends that range from $1,000 to $10,000 per year. Some provide a single payment between $2,500 and $5,000. Recipients can use their awards at any regionally accredited U.S. college or university of their choice.

Click here to read the original story posted in April 2020.

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