2nd Round Of National Merit Scholarships: Arlington Winners

ARLINGTON, VA — Four students from the Arlington are winners of the second round of the National Merit Scholarship, which awards $2,500 to recipients.

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.

Here are the Arlington winners of the $2,500 scholarships:

• Grace W. Chen, who is a student at The H.B. Woodlawn Program, plans to study film production.
• Grant W. Harris, who is a student at Yorktown High School, plans to study economics.
• James J. Licato, who is a student at Washington-Liberty High School, plans to study chemistry.
• Carolina L. Zubler is a student at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, D.C.

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.”