Senior Celebrations News

     Nearly three dozen Gwinnett County Public Schools seniors will have their entire college career paid in full after being named QuestBridge National College Match scholarship recipients. QuestBridge College Match Scholarship recipients are admitted early to college partners with guaranteed, full four-year scholarships. QuestBridge is a non-profit organization that connects high-achieving, low-income high school seniors with full scholarships to the nation’s top colleges. QuestBridge’s 48 college partners include top liberal arts colleges and exceptional research universities.

     GCPS recipients of QuestBridge National College Match Scholarships and their college plans are as follows:

 

Archer High School

Ayokunumi Sheba—Washington and Lee University

 

Brookwood High School

Vinh Pham—Brown University

 

Central Gwinnett High School

Elizabeth Adebesin—Emory University

 

Dacula High School

Oluwamunumidun "Mimi" Oshigbo — Brown University 

Kayslay Cudjoe— Washington University in St. Louis

 

Duluth High School

Luis Serrano Laguna—California Institute of Technology

 

Grayson High School

Emmanuella Agho—Northwestern University

 

Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology

Ricardo Guardado Chacon—Brown University

Bryan Nguyen—Stanford University

Katha Patel—Princeton University

Sohaib Samad—University of Chicago

Kaylyn Shao—Stanford University

 

Lanier High School

Denisse Barahona—Emory University

Chris Lee - Colorado College

 

McClure Health Science High School

Judy Mammen— University of Notre Dame

 

Meadowcreek High School

William Turcios-Diaz—Emory University

 

Mountain View High School

Kevin Nhan—University of Pennsylvania

 

Norcross High School

Rafael Garcia Ramos—Boston University

 

Paul Duke STEM High School

Oswin Cervantes—Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Ritchel Ashley—Emory University

Student elected to remain anonymous

 

Parkview Ridge High School

Vedarsh Mishra—Boston College

Asher Ahabue—University of Chicago

 

Peachtree Ridge High School

Ishika Narsingani — University of Pennsylvania

Anderson Ijie— Dartmouth University

 

Seckinger High School

Riley Samples—Princeton University

Millou LaForte—Vanderbilt University

Kevin Dang—Stanford University

HaEun (Grace) Lee—Vanderbilt University

 

Shiloh High School

Ebrima Sanyang—Duke University

Nashra Khan—Emory University

Larkspur John—Duke University

 

QuestBridge partners with colleges that offer generous financial aid packages that cover 100% of demonstrated financial need, making them very affordable for low-income students.

 

For more information about QuestBridge, visit the QuestBridge website. GCPS’ Department of Communications and Media Relations can coordinate interviews with student winners by calling 678-301-6020.