"New Orleans Student Chooses Cornell from Record-Breaking $10M in College Offers"

A 16-year-old high school senior from New Orleans, Dennis “Maliq” Barnes, has chosen to attend Cornell University to study computer science after receiving scholarship offers from 149 colleges and universities totaling $10 million. Barnes, who has a 4.98 GPA and 27 college credits, applied to close to 200 schools to have numerous educational and financial options. The school believes the $10 million in scholarship offers from 149 of them to be a record for U.S. college-bound seniors.