According to Berthinia Rutledge-Brown, her 17-year-old son, Micheal Brown, has always been driven. “After sixth grade, Mike was in control of his education,” Berthinia said. “He was focused, he knew what he wanted and he made his own decisions.”
Indeed, from very early on Micheal knew exactly what he wanted: to attend Stanford University. So he worked hard, kept his grades up, and by the time it came to apply for colleges, he’d achieved an impressive 4.68 grade point average, an SAT score of 1540 out of 1600, and an ACT score of 34 out of 36. With those outstanding merits, he applied to Stanford – along with 19 other top schools, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, University of Pennsylvania, and Georgetown.
But Micheal’s dream was still Stanford. Come December, he’d found out that his early application had an answer, so he went over to a friend’s house with his mom to check the admissions portal. To his sheer delight, Micheal learned he’d been accepted to his dream school.
However, Micheal’s acceptance letters didn’t stop with Stanford. Remarkably, he was accepted to every college he’d applied to – and every single one of them had given him a full ride.
Micheal’s mom couldn’t believe it:
“He actually earned it,” his proud mom said. “I always knew Mike would get into a good school. I always knew he’d get good scholarship support. But I never imagined this.”
“I cried because I realized that there was a chance that my child would get the education he deserves — the one I could not afford to pay for,” she said.
With so many amazing schools available to him, Micheal, who plans to major in political science and minor in economics, understandably has yet to make a final decision about where he’ll go. But he hopes his story will help other kids realize that they can achieve their dreams too if they work hard enough. “It’s something I’m proud of because I see my hard work paying off, determination paying off, sacrifices paying off,” he said.
Source: Liftable
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