A 16-year-old New Orleans highschool graduate who has obtained scholarship affords from 149 schools and universities totaling $10 million mentioned Friday that he had chosen Cornell College.
Dennis “Maliq” Barnes will graduate from the Worldwide Excessive College of New Orleans on Might 24, the place he earned a 4.98 grade level common. He additionally has 27 school credit by means of a twin matriculation program with Southern College of New Orleans.
He plans to check pc science at Cornell, an Ivy League faculty in Ithaca, New York. He’s additionally mentioned he’s contemplating going to regulation faculty.
“At this time is an thrilling day for me and my household, and I look ahead to working with Cornell’s School of Engineering as I progress by means of my undergraduate schooling,” mentioned Barnes.
In an interview final week, Barnes mentioned a key cause he has despatched out functions to just about 200 colleges is his want to have quite a few academic and monetary alternatives. He was finally accepted into 186 schools and universities. The varsity mentioned it believes the $10 million in scholarship affords from 149 of them is a report for US college-bound seniors.
