2nd Round Of National Merit Scholarships: 1 Apple Valley Winner

APPLE VALLEY, MN— One student from Apple Valley is a winner of the second round of the National Merit Scholarship, which awards $2500 to recipients.

44 students total from Minnesota were awarded scholarships in this round.

The first round of corporate-sponsored scholarships were announced April 21 and included one students from Apple Valley.

For each state, the number of winners is proportional to the state’s percentage of the nation’s graduating high school seniors. The program says the winners are the finalists “judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills and potential for success in rigorous college studies.”

More than 1.5 million students applied for the highly competitive scholarship and the program says that around 7,500 students will go on to win scholarships in 2021 that total $30 million. Winners of the college-sponsored scholarship will be announced in June and July.

Thor N. Reimann from Apple Valley is a winner of this year's round of $2,500 scholarships.

A total of 16,000 students were selected as finalists for the scholarships and the final winners are candidates “judged to have the strongest combination of academic skills and achievements, extracurricular accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies.”