Garrett Wong wins National Merit Scholarship

Custer High School class of 2010 graduate Garrett Wong was one of more than 1,900 winners of National Merit Scholarships  financed by colleges and universities that have been announced by National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMCS). These Merit Scholar designees join over 2,800 other college-sponsored  award recipients who were announced in late May.

Officials of each sponsor college selected their winners from among Finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program who will attend their institution. College-sponsored awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship.

This year’s competition for National Merit Scholarships began when more than 1.5 million juniors in over 22,000 high schools took the 2008 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of program entrants.

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