{"id":15644,"date":"2023-04-27T17:39:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T12:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=15644"},"modified":"2023-04-27T17:39:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T12:39:44","slug":"student-secures-whopping-9m-in-us-scholarship-offers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/student-secures-whopping-9m-in-us-scholarship-offers\/","title":{"rendered":"Student secures whopping $9m in US scholarship offers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Student secures whopping $9m in US scholarship offers. In an exemplary achievement, a student from Louisiana, United States<\/a> has received university scholarship offers worth millions of dollars.<\/p>\n

The 16-year-old Dennis Barnes, who is studying at the International High School of New Orleans pursuing his final year, has been offered scholarships worth $9 million after he applied to at least 200 colleges across the country in August last year.<\/p>\n

At least 125 schools have so far accepted Barnes, while his hopes remain high to receive more opportunities before he makes his final enrolment decision.<\/p>\n

This feat by the incredible student has led him to set a new national record soon.<\/p>\n

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“My goal is to reach $10 million,” he said while speaking to a local media outlet, WWL-TV, which first reported the eye-popping amount the student has amassed.<\/p>\n

The teenager said his social media “blew up” after news of his accomplishment garnered traction. Barnes has a near-perfect grade point average (GPA), while he is already pursuing college credits at the Southern University in New Orleans.<\/p>\n

The young student did not find the process of applying to so many schools “overwhelming like most people would think”.<\/p>\n

“I started at the beginning of the school year and over time, over a long period of time, I was applying,” he said.<\/p>\n

Barnes added that his plans include pursuing a dual degree in computer science and criminal justice, a statement released by his school read.<\/p>\n

Next month, however, he will announce which college he chooses to attend for his higher education.<\/p>\n

“The road to a successful future is to plan ahead, network with the collegiate partners, and know that if you can see your vision, you can achieve your goal,” he said, advising fellow students.<\/p>\n

The record is currently held by a student, Normandie Cormier, from the same US state, which he set three years ago.<\/p>\n

Cormier, who was offered total scholarship aid worth $9.4 million from around 140 schools in 2019, is now completing her master’s degree at Louisiana State University.<\/p>\n

She also sought recognition from the Guinness World Records for her achievement. However, the organisation couldn’t establish if she was the only student to claim the feat around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Student secures whopping $9m in US scholarship offers. In an exemplary achievement, a student from Louisiana, United States has received university scholarship offers worth millions of dollars. The 16-year-old Dennis Barnes, who is studying at the International High School of New Orleans pursuing his final year, has been offered scholarships worth $9 million after he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,3],"tags":[443,636],"class_list":["post-15644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-world","tag-dollar","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}