It is Cornell for New Orleans pupil with $10M in provides
A New Orleans pupil who had his alternative amongst 149 faculties and universities making scholarship provides that totaled greater than $10 million has made his determination: Dennis “Maliq” Barnes, a senior on the Worldwide Excessive College of New Orleans, mentioned Frida…
NEW ORLEANS — A 16-year-old highschool senior in New Orleans who obtained scholarship provides from 149 faculties and universities totaling $10 million mentioned Friday that he has chosen to attend Cornell College.
Dennis “Maliq” Barnes will graduate on Might 24 from the Worldwide Excessive College of New Orleans, the place he earned a 4.98 grade level common. He additionally has 27 faculty credit via a twin enrollment program with Southern College of New Orleans.
He plans to check pc science at Cornell, an Ivy League faculty in Ithaca, New York. He has additionally mentioned he’s contemplating legislation faculty.
“As we speak is an thrilling day for me and my household, and I stay up for working with Cornell’s School of Engineering over the course of my undergraduate schooling,” Barnes mentioned.
In an interview las week, Barnes mentioned {that a} main cause he cranked out purposes to shut to 200 colleges was his want to have quite a few instructional and monetary choices. He finally was accepted at 186 faculties and universities. The college mentioned it believes the $10 million in scholarship provides from 149 of them to be a report for U.S. college-bound seniors.
