Two students from Mira Costa High School and one student from Loyola High School are among approximately 2,500 high school seniors who have won National Merit Scholarship awards, the organization has announced.
These scholarships, which differ from the corporate scholarships announced in late April, are for $2,500 and not renewable.
According to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, the $2,500 scholarship recipients were selected by a committee of college admissions officers and high school counselors based on the academic record of the applicants, standardized test scores, leadership, an essay and a letter of recommendation from a school official.
The following students who live in Manhattan Beach have been named winners:
- Dawan Lee, Mira Costa High School
Probable career field: history - Frederick Muth, Loyola High School
Probable career field: classics - Anne Monique Pace, Mira Costa High School
Probable career field: physics
About 16,000 semifinalists—fewer than one percent of the nation's seniors—were announced in September 2012.
For National Merit Scholarship consideration, semifinalists had to complete a detailed scholarship application, have an outstanding academic record, be recommended by a high school official, and earn qualifying SAT scores, according to NMSC.
About 15,000 met the requirements to become a finalist.About 8,000 finalists will receive scholarships totaling more than $35 million by the end of the 2013 competition.
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