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Bronx high school girl scores full scholarship to Gettysburg

by Similoluwa Ojurongbe | June 6, 2012 at 4:58 PM
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Senait Weldemariam’s family comes from Eritrea. Her parents moved to the United States in 1993 so that she could have the kind of education they never had. Senait’s dream has been to attend Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania and with hard work and dedication, she was accepted with a full scholarship. She is the first in her family to pursue a college degree.

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