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Marple Newtown Senior Ben Mansky is a National Merit Scholar

NEWTOWN SQUARE–The last time Patch spoke with senior .

The prestigious scholarship just released the names of the winners, in which Ben Mansky was recognized as a National Merit Scholar and will receive a $2,500 National Merit Scholarship.

Out of 15,000 finalists this year, only 2,500 were recognized in the top tier pool of talented, academic high school achievers in the nation–only the top 1 percent of high school students receive this recognition.

Ben plans to attend Middlebury College in Vermont. To read Patch's Whiz Kid interview with Ben, click .

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