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Local Students Win National Merit Scholarships
Two high school seniors from Roswell were awarded $2,500 toward college this week.
National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of two outstanding Black American high school seniors at Roswell schools who have won
Achievement Scholarship awards through the National Achievement Scholarship Program, on Wednesday, April 3.
Both William Anene, at , and Matthew A. Wakefield, at , received $2,500 each through the scholarship program. Anene plans to study medicine and Wakefield will pursue a degree in education in hopes of becoming a college professor.
The achievement scholarships, totaling over $2 million dollars to appoximately 800 students throughout the nation, are being financed by grants from 29 corporate organizations and professional associations and by National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
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All students who advanced to the finalist level in the 2012 competition were considered for these single-payment scholarships, which were awarded
on a regional representation basis in proportion to the population of Black Americans in each geographic region.
About 100 Scholars are winners of corporate-sponsored Achievement Scholarship awards. These winners were selected from Finalists who met the specific criteria of their grantor organizations. Most are residents of an area served by the sponsor, children of the organization’s employees, or finalists planning to pursue a college major or career the sponsor wishes to encourage. Almost all corporate-sponsored scholarships are renewable and provide stipends that can vary from $500 to $10,000 per year, but a few provide a single payment between $2,500 and $5,000.
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The National Achievement Scholarship Program is a privately financed academic competition established in 1964 specifically to honor scholastically talented Black American youth and to provide scholarships to a substantial number of the most outstanding participants in each annual competition. By the conclusion of the 2012 program, marking the 48th annual competition, about 31,800 participants will have received scholarships for undergraduate study
worth more than $100 million. The program is conducted by National Merit Scholarship Corporation, a not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance.
