Rs. 30 crore scholarships and 27 big schools in the world accept this 18 year old student - Who is he?
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Will there be a place in the educational institutions is what many people think of when they usually finish school and start choosing colleges. But a student from the United States need not worry at all because 27 universities in the world have agreed to admit the student. In addition, these educational institutions are ready to offer scholarships up to Rs 30 crore.
27 Colleges
Jonathan Walker is from Rutherford Senior High School in Panama. He is 18. He has to choose which of the 27 colleges he is planning to attend. The list also includes the world's leading educational institutions - Harvard University, Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania.
What is the reason?
Walker has studied the curriculum to get in colleges through the International Undergraduate Program during his school years. In addition, Walker has invented a tool to help the visually impaired and the deaf. He excels not only in studies but also in the game of football. Through the projects given in the schools, he has had the opportunity to learn the curricula available in the colleges in the school itself. All the leading educational institutions have said OK to give him a seat because of his versatility.
Scholarship
In addition, educational institutions are ready to provide him with a scholarship of US $ 4 million (approximately Rs. 30 crore in Indian currency). Walker said, "It’s so crazy to think about that I applied to all these colleges, and I got in. That’s such a rare thing to occur, but the fact that it did happen, I’m so excited about it."
Walker has a habit of writing an essay listing the specialties of that educational institution when applying to each college. To the surprise of many, 27 colleges have offered scholarships to him.
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