17-Year Old Georgia Student Accepted into 48 Colleges, Earns $600K in Scholarships
A Georgia teen has been accepted into 48 colleges and has received over $600,000 in scholarships. Kenyari Sawyer, 17, from from Albany, Georgia said she applied to almost 100 different colleges and universities.
Sawyer has a 4.0 GPA at Monroe Comprehensive High School, began applying to colleges and universities in August last year.
“I thought I wasn’t smart enough. It’s a hard process and I have been denied by one of my schools, and it was Mercer University. And so after I got denied, I just thought I might not get accepted anymore. It was a setback,” Sawyer told KBTX News.
However, the scholar applied to 92 schools and was shocked when she was accepted to 48 schools, including Dillard University, Mary Baldwin University, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Arizona State University, and Jacksonville University. Sawyer was able to apply to the schools without paying the application fees, which usually cost around $44, because of the application waivers that are offered to students based on financial need and academic behavior.
Sawyer is the oldest of three siblings, says she was inspired to further her education by her mother.
“I wanted to go to school because she wasn’t able to at the time. She was only able to receive her associate’s degree but it was at a later time because she had to take care of me,” Sawyer said.
Sawyer hasn’t decided what school she is going to attend but she is considering Howard University, Spelman College, and the University of Georgia. The teen plans to major in criminal justice and she hopes to eventually become a defense attorney and later start her own law firm.
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