JENKS, Okla. — Two Jenks students person earned full, four-year scholarships aft being recognized arsenic Match Scholarship Recipients done QuestBridge, a nationalist non-profit, the Jenks Public Schools announced successful a property release.
Mercy Kim was matched with Bowdoin College successful Brunswick, Maine, 1 of the apical Liberal Arts colleges successful the state and Bryanna Kirha was matched with Bowdoin College successful Brunswick, Maine, 1 of the apical Liberal Arts colleges successful the country.
This year, Kim and Kirha are among 1,755 students from crossed the country who were recognized arsenic Match Scholarship Recipients. The Match Scholarship covers the afloat outgo of tuition, country and board, books, supplies, and question expenses.
“Honestly, I didn’t truly person precocious hopes oregon expectations for this erstwhile I was filling retired the applications,” Kirha said. “To get the email saying I was matched was astonishing and truthful meaningful to me. I americium truthful thankful to person this accidental to be specified a prestigious school. My parents are truthful proud, and they are truthful blessed that I don’t person to interest astir my fiscal situation. I tin conscionable spell to assemblage and absorption connected my studies.”
Kim said she’s excited astir the caller experience.
“My archetypal absorption was alleviation due to the fact that I don’t person to interest astir assemblage expenses anymore,” said Kim. “I don’t cognize overmuch astir Maine, but I’m excited to spell to a caller spot and person caller experiences. Education is 1 of the main reasons my parents near Myanmar to travel to America and we went done a batch to get here, truthful it means a batch to beryllium capable to person this scholarship. I’m precise appreciative of my Jenks teachers who person been truthful adjuvant and truthful supportive of maine each measurement of the way.”
Kirha came to Jenks from India successful 3rd grade. She returned to India with her household earlier arriving backmost astatine JPS successful seventh grade. At Holy Cross, she hopes to beryllium connected a Pre-Med way and aspires to 1 time go a pediatric surgeon. Kim did not talk English erstwhile she arrived successful Jenks with her household successful 2nd people astatine East Elementary. She is besides hoping to be aesculapian schoolhouse to prosecute a vocation arsenic a household doc oregon an obstetrician/gynecologist.
The outstanding precocious schoolhouse seniors who received a Match Scholarship person an mean unweighted GPA of 3.94, and 94% are successful the apical 10% of their graduating class. Around 94% travel from a household with an yearly income nether $65,000, and 88% suffice for escaped oregon reduced-price schoolhouse meals. The bulk of this year’s Match Scholarship Recipients — 80% — are among the archetypal procreation successful their families to be a four-year assemblage successful the United States.
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