$826,828: Northeast Senior Headed to Princeton As He Tops List of Scholarships

Maryland Gazette › June 04, 2009

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When Austin Lopez applied to a cadre of the nation's top universities, he figured he'd be lucky if just one admitted him.

But then the acceptance letters started arriving at the Pasadena teen's home.

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$826,828: Northeast Senior Headed to Princeton As He Tops List of Scholarships

Columbia. Brown. New York University. Skidmore College. Amherst College. The University of Rochester. And Princeton, which he ultimately decided to attend.

The only rejection letter he got was from Yale University.

And then those schools began offering him money - and a lot of it.

Austin, 18, has racked up a st...

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