QuestBridge National College Match Program finalist and decorated Rowan College of South Jersey (RCSJ) student, 安东尼Kukal, 要去耶鲁大学了. Kukal, 学院高中选择项目(HSOP)的参与者, received a scholarship that covers the full cost of attendance to study at one of the most prestigious schools in the United States.
从超过16个人中,500名申请者, the 2022 RCSJ and Millville High School dual graduate was selected as one of 1,600 Match Scholarship Recipients to attend one of the nation's best universities.
根据任务桥.org, “Match Scholarship Recipients are granted early admission to one of QuestBridge's college partners with a full four-year scholarship, 价值超过200美元,000.杜克大学, 麻省理工学院, Stanford University and Yale University are just a few of the schools listed as the program's partners.
Kukal, who found out about the program from a brochure he received in the mail, noted a multi-step process in becoming a QuestBridge finalist that included filling out an extensive application, then sending additional applications to up to 12 higher educational institutions that he rated high on his match list. 最初, “我很犹豫要不要报名参加,他承认, “但是(自从我进了耶鲁大学), 这算是有回报了."
Kukal, 18, is excited about the University's “high intensity programs" and is deciding on his best course of action when choosing a major. “I was thinking about [taking] Electrical Engineering … because I already have an associate degree in Engineering from RCSJ,他说.
The field of Engineering has resonated with Kukal for most of his life and he intends to use his “unique mode of thinking" to help others. “我喜欢创造新东西，”他说. “It's cool to be thinking about solutions to real problems and making things to make people's lives better."
Kukal以3分的成绩从RCSJ毕业.92 GPA, has already had opportunities to use his engineering skills in real world situations. The Millville resident and Eagle Scout – with assistance from the Boy Scouts – helped to beautify the property of 坎伯兰 Players, 葡萄园的一个社区剧院, 并有助于减轻地下室的洪水.
Long-time members of “The Little Theater'' were impressed and grateful for the work Kukal did in helping to keep the building safe for the public and for present and future performances.
“Anthony not only determined and calculated what was needed to rectify the issues in 坎伯兰 Players' basement, 但他也领导了一群童子军来帮助完成这项任务,迈克尔·布兰迪诺说, who serves as past president on the 坎伯兰 Players executive board.
Kukal's selection as a Match Scholarship Recipient helps him to continue to earn college degrees at an economical rate. 作为一名早期大学高中项目的学生, 哪些是在HSOP的框架下, 他可以免费获得RCSJ学位. 库卡尔谈到了他在节目中的经历.
“I definitely had a unique experience in the sense I was apart from [my high school classmates] in an accelerated program [taking] classes with college students rather than my peers I met in middle school,他说. “I would recommend it as long as the student knows exactly how rigorous the program is that they are going into."
Kukal, who was honored to be the guest speaker at the 2022 HSOP High School Collegiate Scholar Ceremony, 拥有一系列的成就. Some of his achievements include Millville High School Class of 2022 Salutatorian, 全国荣誉协会的成员, 四年制大学奖学金获得者, 国会金质奖章获得者.
One could reasonably presume that the accumulation of his accomplishments, his hard work and his sense of wanting to “make the world a better place,使他被耶鲁大学所吸引.
Kukal felt “pretty amazing" when he found out the Ivy League school “matched" him. “I mean, it didn't really hit me when I first found out," he revealed. “直到大家都知道了，我才真正意识到它的影响. I was pretty proud I got into a school like that [and] my parents were very happy."
“We were both extremely proud of Anthony when he was accepted to Yale," said his mother, Bobbi. “He worked very hard in high school to give himself an opportunity to attend a school like Yale. 他有机会接受良好的教育."
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