8 Arlington Heights Area Students Earn 2024 National Scholarships

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — Local students are being lauded in the latest installment of 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program award-winners. On the third list of four announced for the 2023-2024 school year, eight Arlington Heights area students are recipients of the corporate-sponsored awards, including:

• Priya Adiga, of Arlington Heights (Buffalo Grove High School), probable career field of computer engineering
• Christopher J. English, of Arlington Heights (Prospect High School), probable career field of physics
• Jordan E. Leyva, of Arlington Heights (John Hersey High School), probable career field of business
• Addison R. Stutheit, of Des Plaines (Maine West High School), probable career field of environmental engineering
• Paul G. Brown, of Hoffman Estates (Schaumburg Christian School), probable career field of actuarial science
• Thomas D. Border, of Palatine (William Fremd High School), probable career field of computer science
• Jacob N. Myers, of Palatine (William Fremd High School), probable career field of academia
• Thomas N. Applebaum, of Rolling Meadows (William Fremd High School), probable career field of statistics

These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship, according to National Merit.

By the conclusion of this year's competition, National Merit Scholarship Corporation estimates more than 6,870 academic champions will have won National Merit Scholarships worth approximately $26 million.

The designees were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 outstanding finalists in the program.

According to officials, the scholars were selected by a committee of college admissions officers and high school counselors, who appraised a substantial amount of information submitted by both the finalists and their high schools, including: academic record, which includes difficulty level of subjects studied and grades earned; scores from the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®); contributions and leadership in school and community activities; an essay written by the finalist; and a recommendation written by a high school official.

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