Three Livingston students were recently named merit scholars. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) released the names of the first group of winners in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.Livingston High School’s Rebecca Liu was awarded the National Merit ADP Henry Taub Memorial Scholarship. LHS senior Nathan Zhang also found himself listed. He was awarded the National Merit S&P Global Scholarship.NewarkAcademy student Meghan W. Lai also received a sholarship. She was named the recipient of the National Merit Marsh McLennan Scholarship.High school juniors entered the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program when they took the 2022 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of program entrants. In September 2023, more than 16,000 semifinalists were designated on a state-representational basis. To be considered for aNational Merit Scholarship, semifinalists were asked to complete a detailed scholarship application. Semifinalists also had to have an outstanding academic record, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, and earn SAT or ACT scores that confirmed their qualifying test performance.
