Spring is usually a stressful time for high school seniors who are waiting to hear back from the colleges they’ve applied to with hopes of being accepted. This experience was no different for Jasmine E. Harrison, a 17-year-old senior at The Academy at Smith in Greensboro, NC. However, Harrison was highly unique in that she heard back from over 100 schools.
Harrison is among millions of high school students who use online college application tools that allow you to apply to multiple institutions at once. Most students use this type of tool to apply their credentials to between four and 20 schools. Harrison, however, was accepted to 113 out of the 115 schools she applied to, and was offered more than a total of $4 million in scholarship funding.
Once Harrison began to receive acceptance letters and financial offers, it fueled her confidence and inspired her to keep applying to more colleges. An exceptional student with a 4.0 grade point average, Harrison tells NYTimes.com that she began wondering, “I felt if I can get into all of these, what else can I get in?”
As the acceptances began rolling in, Harrison started applying to colleges farther from home. She also used Common Black College Application to put her academic credentials in front of 53 of the country’s historically black colleges and universities.
Some of her applications were also filed individually, utilizing the help of low fees during North Carolina’s free college application week. The common application programs made the process more affordable for Harrison. The Academy at Smith in Greensboro told People.com that Harrison only spent $135 on all of her applications.
After applying to schools all over the country, Harrison decided to stay close to home. She accepted an offer from Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina’s third-largest city. Her sister also attended the small historically black college for women, which offered Harrison a full scholarship covering the $28,000 annual cost to attend.
According to NYTimes.com, Ms. Harrison plans to major in biology and work as a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurse. Her career choice is inspired by the women who cared for one of her brothers in the NICU.
To learn more about Harrison’s experience applying to more than 100 colleges and universities, visit here.
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