Dennis Maliq Barnes of New Orleans announces he will attend Cornell University this fall to study computer science
“Today is an exciting day for me and my family,” read a statement from Barnes that also thanked his family, his high school community and a local university where he has already accumulated 27 college credits. “I look forward to working with Cornell … over the course of my undergraduate education.”
Officials at International high maintain that Barnes has attracted more offered scholarship money than any incoming college freshman ever in US history. Known best to his friends by his middle name Maliq, Barnes is a National Honor Society member whose fluency in Spanish has earned him both a diploma from Spain’s educational, cultural and sports ministry as well as an award from the country’s honorary consul inHe competed on the basketball and track-and-field teams at his school, which promoted him out of his sophomore and junior years as he maintained an unusually high cumulative grade point average of about 4.98.
Barnes has said he hopes the national headlines his record has drawn will inspire his peers to surpass academic expectations that others set upon them. He has also said he wants prospective college scholars to realize how much academic aid is out there, especially as theAdierah Berger, the head of International high, said in a statement: “Dennis is already a bright star and I know his star will shine even brighter when he sets foot on Cornell’s campus.
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