Albany teen accepted into 48 universities, earns $600K in scholarships

An Albany, Georgia high school student overcame a lack of confidence to earn a 4.0 GPA — a triumph good enough to gain admission into more than 40 universities.

Kenyari Sawyer, a 17-year-old Monroe Comprehensive High School student, has been accepted into 48 colleges and universities and has earned more than half a million dollars in scholarships, KBTX News reported.

According to the news outlet, Sawyer began applying to different schools in August of last year, despite her initial lack of confidence.

“I thought I wasn’t smart enough. It’s a hard process and I have been denied by one of my schools, and it was Mercer University. And so after I got denied, I just thought I might not get accepted anymore. It was a setback,” Sawyer said to KBTX News.

But talk about a comeback: Sawyer said Howard University, Spelman College and the University of Georgia are among the top schools she’s been accepted to and is considering.

Sawyer credits her mother with instilling in her an ambitious mindset to further her education.

“I wanted to go to school because she wasn’t able to at the time. She was only able to receive her associate’s degree but it was at a later time because she had to take care of me,” Sawyer said, adding that she plans to bring her mother along this journey.