National Merit Scholars From Maple Grove Announced

Maple Grove MN

02 June, 2021

11:34 AM

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MAPLE GROVE, MN — The next group of 2021 National Merit Scholarship winners includes six high school students from Maple Grove. The National Merit winners from Maple Grove are among the more than 3,100 announced nationally this year to receive between $500 and $2,000 scholarships from colleges and universities across the country, the National Merit Scholarship Corp. said in a news release Wednesday. National Merit Scholarship winners from Maple Grove in 2021 include: Adam G. Priebe City: ChamplinProbable career field: Computer Science High School: PARNASSUS PREPARATORY SCHOOL, MAPLE GROVECollege: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOLARSHIP Erin R. Smythe City: ChamplinProbable career field: Mechanical Engineering High School: CHAMPLIN PARK H. S., College: ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Sophia A. Anderson-Cufre City: Maple GroveProbable career field: Chemical Engineering High School: MAPLE GROVE H. S.College: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Tony L. Cai City: Maple GroveProbable career field: Computer Science High School: WAYZATA H. S.,College: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Preston Zhu City: Maple GroveProbable career field: Academia High School: WAYZATA H. S.College: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Alex L. Iliarski City: Maple GroveProbable career field: Computer ScienceHigh School: MINNETONKA H. SCollege: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOLARSHIP The National Merit winners announced this week will have their scholarships funded by the colleges and universities that they will attend. One hundred and sixty colleges and universities — including 85 private and 75 public schools — took part in the merit scholarship program in 2021. An additional group of college-sponsored National Merit scholars will be announced in July, the scholarship corporation said. This group is part of the approximately 7,500 National Merit scholarship winners who will be selected by the end of 2021. National Merit scholarships via corporate-sponsored awards and the corporation's own $2,500 scholarships were announced earlier in the spring. More than 1.5 million juniors nationally entered the 2021 National Merit scholarship program when they took the 2019 preliminary SAT/National Merit scholarship qualifying test, the corporation said. About 17,000 semifinalists, fewer than 1 percent of the country's high school seniors, were announced last fall. Semifinalists had to write an essay and detail their extracurricular activities, awards and leadership positions to become a finalist. About half of the 16,000 finalists will be merit scholars by the end of the year, the corporation said.