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Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:44 PM CDT
Charleston student named National Merit Scholar
By DAVE FOPAY, Staff Writer
CHARLESTON -- Nathan Macy said it was a good feeling knowing he’s a choice of his college of choice.
The National Merit Scholarship Program announced the Charleston High School senior was a scholarship winner in the program. The University of Minnesota, which Macy plans to attend, made the decision to award him the university’s Merit Scholarship.
“It’s nice to feel wanted,” Macy said.
He said he was “kind of hopeful” of being named a National Merit Scholar because he’d reached the final selection round earlier this year. His score on the PSAT, or “Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test,” was good enough to qualify him for consideration, and then he completed an application to be considered a finalist.
Macy’s parents are Kenton and Dorothy Macy of Charleston.
More than 50,000 students took the PSAT last year and 15,000 made it to the final round, according to information from the program. With a perfect score on the test being 240, Macy’s was 230 while the minimum for being able to apply to be named a finalist was 216. The test covers critical reading, math and writing and in part helps prepare students for the SAT used for college admissions
The National Merit Scholar program announced the recipients this week, including Macy in the more than 2,400 scholarship winners and he’s the only one from the Coles County area. CHS wasn’t able to supply information on whether the school has had any previous National Merit Scholars.
“Nathan is brilliant, but the most important thing is he lives for figuring things out,” CHS chemistry teacher Todd Keating said earlier of Macy. “There are lots of intellectually gifted people who don’t succeed as Nathan succeeds. He’s never content knowing just what he knows.“
Macy said he expects the scholarship to amount to $2,000 a year for four years, something for which he’s grateful because it means less in student loans.
“I’m going to be able to start on my research sooner,” he said. “I was very pleased.”
Macy plans to study chemical engineering and has a position in the University of Minnesota’s Institutional Technology honors program. Macy had said earlier his goal is to design new fuel sources to reduce the need for foreign oil and help the environment and the economy.
Meanwhile, the university announced he’s also the winner of three other scholarships at the school.
Contact Dave Fopay at dfopay@jg-tc.com or 348-5733.
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