3 Brookfield Students Earn National Merit Scholarship Awards

BROOKFIELD, WI — This year’s 2,500 National Merit $2500 Scholarship winners have been announced, including 3 here in Brookfield. They were chosen from more than 15,000 finalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program.

The scholarship recipients were judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in rigorous college studies. The committee includes college admissions officers and high school counselors.

The number of winners named in each state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the nation’s graduating high school seniors.
Scholars may use their awards at any regionally accredited U.S. college or university.

On April 19, 1,000 recipients of corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards were named, and on June 7 and July 17, another 4,000 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship winners will be announced.

Here are this year's $2500 winners from Brookfield:

Suchir Bhatt
Probable career field: Biomedical Engineering
BROOKFIELD EAST H. S., BROOKFIELD
NATIONAL MERIT $2500 SCHOLARSHIP

Kathryn A. Valdes
Probable career field: Science/Research
CATHOLIC MEMORIAL H. S., WAUKESHA
NATIONAL MERIT $2500 SCHOLARSHIP

Alexander R. Zhu
Probable career field: Medicine
BROOKFIELD ACADEMY, BROOKFIELD
NATIONAL MERIT $2500 SCHOLARSHIP

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