High School Student Dennis Barnes Breaks Guinness Record With $9 Million in Scholarship Offers
Dennis Barnes (Credit: WWLTV)
By: Omar Cook
With high school seniors nationwide gearing up to make their college choices, a student in New Orleans has amassed a record-breaking sum of scholarship funding.
Dennis Barnes, a senior at International High School of New Orleans, has shattered the previous Guinness Book of World Records total of $8.7 million in scholarship offers set by a Louisiana student in 2019. Barnes received scholarship offers from 125 colleges across the United States, amounting to a whopping $9 million, according to local CBS station WWL. His remarkable achievement could still increase further as he awaits more decisions. Barnes aims to hit $10 million in scholarship offers before the month ends.
Dennis Barnes (Credit: WWLTV)
“I submitted college applications in August with an eye on raising the bar high for college admissions. Decision letters were an overflow in my mailbox and hundreds of scholarship offers,” Barnes told WWL.
Barnes has a GPA of 4.98 and is currently in leadership positions in his high school's National Honor Society chapter. He is also fluent in Spanish. Additionally, he has been taking college courses at Southern University of New Orleans while simultaneously completing his high school degree for the past two years. Barnes is scheduled to graduate from high school on May 24, and he intends to reveal his college decision on May 2.
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