Eyewitness News 7 New York – Stacey Baca
“Kenwood Academy’s valedictorian, Arianna Alexander, wants to go to college to learn about business. As it turns out, she has a number of options. “It was a lot to take in. I received emails, letters. It was just like, ‘Come here, come here!’ They were bombarding me with all this information,” Arianna said. Arianna hails from Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. She graduated with a 5.1 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. She was accepted to 26 universities, including six Ivy League schools. Her scholarship offers total more than $3 million. “I feel like it means I can afford college and I don’t have to worry about it. I feel like that’s an issue for a lot of people my age,” Arianna said. Her father encouraged her, after another Kenwood student was offered more than $1 million in scholarships a few years ago.”(more)