6 Students Receive Merit Scholarships
Six Ventura County high school students are scheduled to receive National Merit Scholarships today, bringing the total number of students in the county who have obtained the prestigious award this year to 19.
About 5,600 scholarship winners nationwide have been chosen. The list will grow to 6,900 by the end of July.
Merit scholarships are awarded to students with the highest scores on the Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test, a college entrance exam. Students are also judged on their grades, extracurricular activities and recommendations of school officials.
Merit scholars receive scholarships from corporations, colleges and universities, or the National Merit Scholarship Corp. The names released today include only merit scholars who have received scholarships from colleges and universities. Those scholarships are worth between $250 and $2,000.
The names of students who received scholarships from corporations and the National Merit Scholarship Corp. were released earlier this year.
The merit scholars are Brent W. Don of Newbury Park High School; Valerie M. Esser and Ann L. Hermele, both of Royal High School in Simi Valley; Chloe B. Gladstone of Nordhoff High School in Ojai, and Summer Thomas of Hueneme High School in Oxnard. Jennifer L. Co of Westlake High School also received a scholarship.
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