Willowbrook senior selected as winner of National Merit Scholarship

Willowbrook senior Ashar Hussain (pictured at right) has been selected as a winner of the National Merit $2,500 Scholarship.

About 6,870 National Merit Scholarships are being awarded, and Hussain and the other recipients were chosen from the group of more than 15,000 distinguished Finalists. More than 1.3 million juniors in about 21,000 high schools entered the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2023 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. About 16,000 were named as Semifinalists. To advance in the competition and be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, a Semifinalist had to become a Finalist by fulfilling several requirements that included submitting a detailed scholarship application and presenting a record of very high academic performance.

For more information, go to www.nationalmerit.org.