- Makenzie Thompson, a remarkable 18-year-old woman, was accepted to 49 American universities as a result of her stellar high school grades.
- She attended Westlake High School in Atlanta, Georgia, and earned an exceptional 4.0 grade there before graduating.
- Along with receiving acceptances from a whopping 49 universities, she also received a total scholarship grant of $1.5 million.
Makenzie Thompson, an intelligent 18-year-old woman, was admitted to 49 universities in the US as a result of her stellar high school grades.
Makenzie Thompson graduated with a stellar 4.0 grade from Atlanta, Georgia’s Westlake High School. 49 out of the 51 American universities she applied to accepted her after she submitted applications to all 51.
She received an overall $1.5 million scholarship award in addition to being accepted to a whopping 49 universities. “The acceptances started arriving through mail and email. “Wow, there’s another one,” my parents exclaimed. According to Thompson, who provided the Know Your Value narration, “We observed the folder getting thicker and thicker over time.
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Nigerian Lady accepted into 49 US universities
Thompson said:
“Acceptance is one thing, but once you see that they were going to offer me money—that really started adding up fast.”
Thompson thought that her exceptional high school GPA, extracurricular activities, and hard work were the reasons for her success in getting into her desired college. She said that the University of Illinois and New York’s Cornell University were responsible for her two rejections.
I was doing well in Nigeria — Nigerian man sells houses and car to relocate, gets stranded in the UK
Meanwhile, a video of a man lamenting bitterly about his recent relocation to the United Kingdom (UK) has gone viral and evoked mixed emotions.
The clip shows the man in a train station with all his baggage. According to him, his landlord sent him packing with all his belongings.
The man shared how he had sold his houses and car to pay the sum of N10m to a certain Mrs Olaitan. She had given him the false hope that there were jobs waiting for him in the UK.