2nd Round Of National Merit Scholarships: 1 New Berlin Student

NEW BERLIN, WI—One students from New Berlin is a winner of the second round of the National Merit Scholarship, which awards $2500 to recipients.

The first round of corporate-sponsored scholarships were announced April 21 and included 14 students from Wisconsin.

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 is the New Berlin winner of the $2,500 scholarships:

Naisha Bepar
Probable career field: Computer Science
EISENHOWER H. S., NEW BERLIN