16-Year-Old accepted by 170 US colleges, awarded $9 Million in scholarships
Barnes, a student at the International High School of New Orleans, skipped a couple of grades
Dennis Maliq Barnes, a 16-year-old boy in the US, has made headlines for making history by receiving admission offers from 170 colleges and universities and securing $9 million in scholarship awards. In total, he had applied to 200 colleges.
Barnes, a student at the International High School of New Orleans, skipped a couple of grades. The 16-year-old, who considers himself an ordinary person, likes to ride dirt bikes and socialize with friends.
He said he was aware that there were scholars before him who achieved exceptional goals.
I was aware that this was something that this school did, but I didn't believe it would happen to me, he said. However, it did. And now, he has the Guinness World Record.
He maintained a 4.98 GPA throughout high school while dealing with dual enrollment at Southern University in New Orleans and participating in other academic extracurriculars, which speaks to his accomplishments.
For Barnes, who says he didn't even realize his own potential, it was his college counsellor, Denise James.
James has mentored a number of students who have received excellent college admissions and scholarship prizes, some of which have exceeded $1 million. She observes that Barnes jumps out as being truly outstanding, though.
According to The Guardian, Barnes's scholarship offer success rivals that of another Louisianan, Normandie Cormier. In 2019, as she prepared to graduate from Early College Academy in Lafayette, Cormier received almost $9 million in scholarship offers from nearly 140 schools.
