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We Did It! Student Highlights Jermayne Dears High School: Impact Mentoring Academy GraduatingGPA: 3.54 CollegeinFall2019: HollandCollege, Canada still awaiting responses Extracurricularactivities: Dukeof Edinburgh, track and field & rugby Regrets: Procrastinating on my school assignments at times. prep coach, helped me to me to figure out what type of person I am and also how to own the college process myself. She also gave me deadlines which helped me to be more organized. She also helped me set a goal of getting $20,000 worth of scholarships by August 31st. I am proud to say that I am halfway there Advice to high school students: Local scholarships Awarded: Get a head start on applying to both colleges and scholarships. Don’t procrastinate because time waits for no one. “To be on time is to be late, and to be early is to be on time.” Number of colleges applied to: 10 Numberofcollegesthataccepted: 5 The most important aspects making final college selection: Size and cost. Holland is small. I’ve always been in and like smallschools. Don’twanttobeinabig schoolandgetoverwhelmed. Affordable tuition and fees. My mom is a single parent working multiple jobs to keep me and my brother in private school and also give us what we want and need. Local scholarships Awarded: Yes, $10,000 from Dept. of Workforce Development for 2 years. I must maintain a minimum 2.7 GPA Extracurricularactivities: Basketball Community Service: Volunteering at the Aquarium Regrets: Not starting my schol-arship and college applications earlier because it would have really given me a better chance of obtaining more scholarships. Also I wouldn’t have felt so rushed, which would have taken a lot of pressure and stress off. Big Help: Mrs. Sandra Dill, my college 36 www.EDcellerate.com Big Help: My mother, brothers and my friends. Advice to high school students: Do not wait until the last minute to do yourhomework. Ifyouneedhelpwith any school assignments go get the help that you need. Samaria Tatem HighSchool: TheBerkeleyInstitute GraduatingGPA: 2.79 College in Fall 2019: Bermuda College Number of colleges applied to: 3 Numberofcollegesthataccepted: 3 The most important aspects making final college selection: Small class size, location – one plane ride, medical resources center Seon Tatem Did the college offer scholarships, how much, what were the qualifying requirements? One did, but did not explain the qualification High School: The Berkeley Institute Graduating GPA: 3.26 CollegeinFall2019: AcadiaUniversity-