Three from North High win National Merit scholarships

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Isabella Mirro, Joshua Rothbaum, and Yoel Hawa, all of Great Neck North High School, were selected as National Merit Scholars. (Photos courtesy of Great Neck Public Schools)
Isabella Mirro, Joshua Rothbaum, and Yoel Hawa, all of Great Neck North High School, were selected as National Merit Scholars. (Photos courtesy of Great Neck Public Schools)

Three North High School seniors are recipients of National Merit $2,500 Scholarships, sponsored by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The scholarship recipients are Yoel Hawa, Isabella Mirro, and Joshua Rothbaum.

National Merit $2,500 designees were chosen from a talent pool of more than 15,000 finalists in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program.

The number of winners in each state is based on the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors. Winners are selected based on academics, the difficulty of their course work, scores from two standardized tests, contributions to school and community activities, written essays, and school recommendations.

The National Merit Scholarship Program is a privately financed academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. Scholars may use their awards at any regionally accredited US college or university. High school students enter the Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), usually in their junior year.

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