Westlake High School: Black Girl Daya Brown Accepted Into Over 50 Colleges With R26 Million In Scholarships

• A senior student named Daya Brown has been accepted into over 50 colleges with R26 million in scholarships in the US
• In an interview about her accomplishment, the 18-year-old detailed how she started her college applications
• Brown disclosed that she's decided to attend Duke University, where she'll connect with other like-minded Black students

Daya Brown, a final-year student of Westlake High School in Atlanta, has gained admission into more than 50 colleges with R26 million in scholarships.

The 18-year-old spent most of her high school experience in quarantine due to the pandemic but fared pretty well, focusing her energy on preparing for college.

Daya Brown speaks on the application process

In an interview with Good Morning America (GMA), Brown disclosed that she started the process during her sophomore (second) year in high school.

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''I started to curate a list of schools that had certain majors or were great in what I wanted to study, mass communications or film,” she said.

Daya Brown balances her studies with business

She focused on her extracurricular pursuits after she had whittled down her list by choosing pursuits that reflected her interests such as writing, filmmaking and poetry.

Elom & Co. Productions, Brown's own company, was able to get off the ground in order to promote the work of upcoming artists.

She disclosed that she didn't consider a specific number of institutions or any other scope when she first started applying. Spending a few hours every day applying to schools, she only wanted to make sure she hit all the colleges that would give her the chance to pursue a job in her interest areas while helping her financially.

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More than 50 colleges and universities have admitted Brown as a result of her diligent work. The girl has made the decision to enrol at Duke University because she thinks it will enable her to connect with other Black kids who share her interests.

She wants to study Journalism as a minor and major in Visual Media Studies. Congratulations Brown! We are so proud of you!

Ouma Katrina Esau honoured by the University of Cape Town for her contribution to the NIuu Language

In more news, Briefly News reported that The University of Cape Town has honoured Ouma Katrina Esau for preserving the N|uu language.

N|uu, an archaic Tuu family San language, resurfaced in the Northern Cape in the late 1990s when persons who could speak it effectively were urged to contribute to its survival and resuscitation.

The only person in the group of 20 who speaks the language is Ouma Katrina, the last survivor of her family.

Source: YEN.com.gh