17-Year Old Student Awarded $2M in Scholarships, Accepted into 38 Colleges
An Illinois high school student has been accepted into 38 colleges and has got approx. $2 million in scholarships offers. Amia Jackson attends Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, IL, currently has a 4.3 GPA according to WGNTV 9. Elmhurst University, Illinois State University, Furman University, Clark Atlanta University, and Albany State University are some of the colleges accepted Jackson.
The scholar says she has always liked education since she started school. “What attracts me to learning is that the more I learn, the more powerful I feel,” Jackson said. “It makes you unstoppable because knowledge is something no one can take away from you.”
Jackson says she’s always appreciated people who are different than her.
“What I like most about high school is meeting new people,” she said. “I chose to come to Willowbrook because it is diverse. I got to meet new people part of different cultures and experiences, different traditions, and lots of my friends now are from different religions and different cultures. (It’s like) kind of seeing what it’s going to be like in the real world when I have to work with different people.”