{"id":35759,"date":"2025-06-03T11:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T16:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/?p=35759"},"modified":"2025-06-12T08:17:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T13:17:55","slug":"national-merit-scholarship-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.risd.org\/home\/national-merit-scholarship-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"National Merit Scholarship Recipients","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three additional RISD Class of 2025 graduates have been named as recipients of prestigious National Merit Scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connor Reed, Lake Highlands HS, will be attending SMU with a probable career field of investment banking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrew Ballard, Berkner HS, will be attending Texas A&amp;M with a probable career field of electrical engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ada Barton, Richardson HS, will be attending St. Olaf College with a probable career field of biomedicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s National Merit Scholarship Program began in October 2023 when then high school juniors took the PSAT\/NMSQT. 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