See How 17-Year-Old Girl Got Scholarship Into 113 Schools
Jasmine Harrison- a brilliant 17-year-old secondary school graduate makes history as she gained admission into 113 colleges with full-ride scholarships worth N1.6 billion in the United States
According to madailygist.ng, Harrison who graduated from her school in Greensboro, North Carolina, with a 4.0 Grade Point Average, received full-ride scholarships worth N1.6 billion ($4.5 million) from some of the schools she was accepted into. She decided to apply to various schools after she was advised by teachers from her secondary school. The clever girl avoided appilication fees to the schools which allowed her to apply to more than 100 schools for just $135 (N48,600).
17-year-old receives acceptance into 113 colleges with N1.6bn worth scholarships
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According to DailyMail, the young girl revealed that she didn’t believe it when she received the first mails because she didn’t really expect it to work.She said: “When I got the first couple in the mail, I was like, ‘OK, this is really happening,’. I didn’t really think I’d be able to do that.”
She plans to study biology
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Harrison noted that she spent hours pouring over each entry to make sure she had the perfect application. She said: “On those late nights when I was filling out those applications with my mom and we just felt like we cannot do this, we just ended up singing gospel songs together to get through the night.” The 17-year-old decided to enroll in Bennettt College where she plans to study biology. The school is one of those that offered her a full ride scholarship. She plans to become a neonatal intensive care unit nurse that takes care of premature babies.
