After applying to more than 200 colleges and universities across the country, Dennis Barnes is now in the Guinness Book of World Records for his achievement.
Dennis Barnes, a senior at International High School of New Orleans (IHSNO), received a whopping $9 million in scholarship offers from 125 colleges and universities, more than any other college-bound senior in U.S. history. The amount breaks the previous record documented in the Guinness Book of World Records, held by a Lafayette high school senior.
"I submitted college applications in August, with an eye on raising the bar high for college admissions. Decision letters were an overflow in my mailbox and hundreds of scholarship offers," Barnes told WWL-TV of the achievement.
Barnes has maintained a cumulative grade point overage of 4.98 at IHSNO and holds leadership positions in the National Honor Society.
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