18-year-old boy gains admission to 39 US universities, wins $3.5m scholarship to become a mechanical engineer
Jaden Hunter, a remarkable 18-year-old child, graduated from Crenshaw Arts Tech Charter High in Los Angeles, California, as the top student in his graduating class with an amazing 4.7 grade point average.
Jaden Hunter later received acceptance letters from 39 American universities and scholarships totaling more than $3.5 million. Jaden is also a recipient of a prestigious scholarship from the Wolcott and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Speaking about his achievement, Jaden said he feels good because his hard work finally pays off. I felt good because my hard work paid off. All the long sleepless nights I took in, stuff like that, it finally paid off,” Hunter said.
He described how he kept getting messages about full-ride scholarships from various colleges across the country, including the University of Southern California, his ideal school.
“I got all these letters. Free ride here, full ride here, full ride here and all that type of stuff. I got accepted into my childhood dream school, USC. I didn’t go, it’s too close to home, but I still got accepted there. I accomplished that,” Hunter said, according to ABC7.
He stated that he has decided to accept the Full-ride scholarship offer of the Univesity of Southern California to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. “Math has been my favorite subject my entire education career basically. So that’s why I’ll be studying mechanical engineering at Berkeley,” he said.
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