Six LWSD students receive National Merit scholarships

The students are six of 2,500 high school seniors nationwide to win this scholarship.

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced that six Lake Washington School District (LWSD) students will receive National Merit $2,500 scholarships.

Fifty students were selected statewide for these awards.

Here are the students who will receive scholarships.

Redmond High School: Shiven S. Bhatt, Grace Kim, Kenneth W. Ma and Meghna J. Shankar

Nikola STEM High School: Alexia N. Friedman

Juanita High School: Nithish B. Narasimman

These students are six of 2,500 high school seniors nationwide to win this scholarship. They were selected from a talent pool of more than 15,000 finalists in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Scholarship winners are selected by a committee of college admissions officers and high school counselors. They select students based on their academic record, including difficulty level of subjects studied and grades earned; scores from two standardized tests; contributions and leadership in school and community activities; an essay written by the finalist and a recommendation written by a high school official. These scholars may use their awards at any regionally accredited U.S. college or university.