16 WAPT’S CRYSTAL TISME HAS MORE ON WHAT THIS STUDENT HAS PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE. SOT 3:27 – 3:28 “THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING” DANA BOLDEN – JIM HILL SCHOLAR TRACK JIM HILL SENIOR, DANA BOLDEN HAS RECEIVED OVER 1.4 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF SCHOLARSHIP OFFERS WITH ONLY JUST OVER TWO MONTHS INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR. BOLDEN HAS APPLIED TO OVER 60 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES THAT ALIGN WITH HER CAREER PATH – BIOLOGY. AFTER GETTING ASKED BY HER PEERS HOW SHE WAS ABLE TO DO THIS, SHE SAYS THE TASK IS NOT DIFFICULT YOU JUST HAVE TO PUT THE WORK IN. SOT 1:42 – 1:49 DANA BOLDEN – JIM HILL SCHOLAR “A LOT OF MY PEERS JUST THINK THAT’S IT’S A VERY HARD PROCESS, ITS NOT, YOU JUST HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND JUST SIT DOWN AND START DOING YOUR WORK AND THAT’S IT” 1:14 – 1:24 DANA BOLDEN – JIM HILL SCHOLAR “I COMPILED A LIST OF COLLEGES THAT I WANTED TO APPLY TO, I PLACED THEM ALL INTO A GOOGLE DOC, AND I WENT DOWN THE LIST AND APPLIED TO EVERY SINGLE COLLEGE” TRACK ALONG WITH BEING A SCHOLAR IN THE CLASSROOM, BOLDEN ALSO BALANCES EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES SHE’S INVOLVED. SOT BOBBY BROWN – PRINCIPAL OF JIM HILL HIGH SCHOOL 1:13 – 1:34 “WE COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF DANA, HAVING THE INITIATIVE, TAKING TIME OUT OF HER SCHEDULE, BALANCING BAND, áINTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM, HER ACADEMICS, PERSONAL LIFE, AND STILL TAKES TIME OUT FOR SELF- LOVE, AND ENSURING HER SCHOLARSHIP TUITION IS COVERED” TRACK BOLDEN’S ADVICE TO HER PEERS IS TO – SOT 4:28 – 4:39 “JUST FIRST OF ALL DON’T GIVE UP, BECAUSE A LOT O
Highschool senior thousands and thousands of {dollars} in school scholarship presents
‘That is solely the start,’ star pupil Dana Bolden says.
A highschool in Mississippi is celebrating a senior who has been awarded greater than $1.4 million in school scholarship presents.“That is solely the start,” Dana Bolden mentioned.Bolden, of Jim Hill Excessive College in Jackson, Mississippi, has utilized to about 60 schools and universities that align along with her profession path of biology. Simply two months into the varsity yr, she’s already obtained a stack of presents.“A number of my friends simply assume it’s a tough course of. It’s not. You simply have to sit down down and begin doing all of your work, and that’s it,” Bolden mentioned. “I compiled an inventory of faculties that I wished to use to. I positioned all of them right into a Google doc, and I went down the record and utilized to each single school.”Together with being a scholar within the classroom, Bolden balances extracurricular actions she’s concerned in.“We couldn’t be extra happy with Dana,” mentioned Jim Hill Principal Bobby Brown. “Having the initiative, taking trip of her schedule, balancing band, Worldwide Baccalaureate Program, her lecturers, private life, and nonetheless takes trip for self-love and guaranteeing her scholarship tuition is roofed.”Bolden has recommendation for her classmates.“Initially, don’t hand over,” she mentioned. “As a result of plenty of them assume that it’s onerous, or they simply need to hand over, or don’t assume they need to go to varsity or earn as a lot cash. It’s straightforward. Simply sit down and look it up.”Bolden’s scholarship presents may attain $5 million earlier than she graduates.
A highschool in Mississippi is celebrating a senior who has been awarded greater than $1.4 million in school scholarship presents.
“That is solely the start,” Dana Bolden mentioned.
Bolden, of Jim Hill Excessive College in Jackson, Mississippi, has utilized to about 60 schools and universities that align along with her profession path of biology. Simply two months into the varsity yr, she’s already obtained a stack of presents.
“A number of my friends simply assume it’s a tough course of. It’s not. You simply have to sit down down and begin doing all of your work, and that’s it,” Bolden mentioned. “I compiled an inventory of faculties that I wished to use to. I positioned all of them right into a Google doc, and I went down the record and utilized to each single school.”
Together with being a scholar within the classroom, Bolden balances extracurricular actions she’s concerned in.
“We couldn’t be extra happy with Dana,” mentioned Jim Hill Principal Bobby Brown. “Having the initiative, taking trip of her schedule, balancing band, Worldwide Baccalaureate Program, her lecturers, private life, and nonetheless takes trip for self-love and guaranteeing her scholarship tuition is roofed.”
Bolden has recommendation for her classmates.
“Initially, don’t hand over,” she mentioned. “As a result of plenty of them assume that it’s onerous, or they simply need to hand over, or don’t assume they need to go to varsity or earn as a lot cash. It’s straightforward. Simply sit down and look it up.”
Bolden’s scholarship presents may attain $5 million earlier than she graduates.
