 "Meet Madison Crowell, the US teen accepted in 231 universities, awarded $14.7 million in scholarships")
Receiving acceptance letters from a college means your hard work has paid off.
However, happiness is doubled for a teenager from the United States who was accepted into a total of 231 universities and awarded $14.7 million (~Rs 122 crore) in scholarships to help fund her education.
Here’s all we know about her.
The teenager
Madison Crowell, 18, from Hinesville, Georgia, is set to graduate from Liberty County High School on 18 May.
After a marathon application process at hundreds of universities, Crowell has decided to attend High Point University in North Carolina to study science and eventually earn a doctorate in physical therapy, reported BBC.
Nido Qubein, High Point university’s president, as per ABC, said, “We are excited to welcome Madison. She is going to do exceptional things.”
Speaking about her decision to attend High Point, she said that it was “one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life.”
According to ABC News, Crowell and her parents – Delando Langley and Melissa Langley – have been preparing for her to go to college ever since she was in middle school and often take her on university visits.
The marathon application process
Crowell had applied to hundreds of US universities and was accepted into 231 of them.
She was also awarded $14.7 million (~Rs 122 crore) in scholarships to fund her longtime dream of going college.
While speaking to ABC’s Good Morning America, she said, “I want to show the kids here in Liberty County that it’s possible to get accepted into not only just local schools… but that you can get accepted into schools… that you think might be out of your reach.”
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More ShortsBased on Census data, around 14 per cent of the 69,000 residents in Liberty County are living in poverty.
However, there were some hiccups in the lengthy application process for the eighteen-year-old.
A select few colleges, including Colorado College, Tulane University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, denied her application.
“I know what it’s like to be deferred from a dream school and you don’t know if you’re going to get the chance to apply again or you’re not going to be accepted again,” she said.
“Always keep a positive sight on these things because it can get a little overwhelming,” she advised other teenagers, adding that it was important to make “sure that you’re keeping yourself sane and having outlets to release some energy.”
Notably, students in the United States are eligible to apply for scholarships with each application to a university.
It’s unclear how much of Cromwell’s total she may claim.
Similar instances
Chandra Suda, a senior at Bentonville High School, received acceptances from multiple esteemed colleges in April this year, including Princeton, Stanford, and Harvard.
According to his LinkedIn page, Suda will be attending Stanford University to study computer science.
The 17-year-old is also the recipient of a Rise Global Award for developing an artificial intelligence-based tool for tuberculosis screening.
The new approach uses cough audio to identify tuberculosis.
Dennis Maliq Barnes, a 16-year-old from Louisiana, received offers of $9.7 million (~Rs 80.99 crore) in scholarships and was admitted into 170 institutions in 2023, as per The Guardian.
The previous record was achieved by Normandie Cormier, a Louisiana native who applied to Guinness World Records after receiving over 140 scholarship offers totalling around $9.5 million (~Rs 79.32 crore).
Guinness, though, claimed at the time that it doesn’t maintain track of records like that.
Cromier claimed that Guinness had informed her at the time that it had not come across someone who had received more money in US college scholarships than she had, but the company was unable to acknowledge her as the global record holder due to variations in higher education systems around the globe.
With inputs from agencies
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