Hard work definitely does pay off, or at least it does for one high
school student, from Lynn Haven, Florida. Mimi Mallory, a senior at
Mosley High School, was offered more than $1 million in merit-based
college scholarships.
“It was crazy,” Mallory, 18, told ABC News. “I just didn’t know what to think.”
As one college acceptance after another came in, they were also paired
with a lot of cash. Mallory was awarded a combined total of $1,052,400
from the 11 schools where she was accepted.
The highest scholarship Mallory was offered came from Mercer University,
totaling $212,000. She also received a full tuition scholarship from
the University of Alabama.
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Mallory decided to accept the offer from her dream school, Southern
Methodist University, in Dallas, Texas. “It’s crazy to think I can go to
SMU," she said. "I wasn’t expecting to because of how expensive it
was."
SMU awarded Mallory $166,000 in scholarship money, so she will only have to pay a few thousand dollars each year out of pocket.
Though Mallory was shocked to receive such substantial scholarship
awards, she has worked hard in preparation for the college admissions
process, maintaining a high GPA and participating in several
extracurricular activities.
She is Vice President of the senior class, Secretary of her honors
society, President of the productions team that runs the high school
announcements, and still maintains a 4.625 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Her
weighted GPA comes from Mosley’s Advanced Placement Program for Success,
which offers 21 Advanced Placement classes and 19 Dual-Enrollment
classes -- a rigorous curriculum she credits as one of the main reasons
she earned so many scholarships.
Mallory has also been an equestrian rider since she was in fifth grade.
She started as a jumping equestrian but, after breaking her femur in
freshman year, she quickly picked up dressage -- when the rider and
horse perform a series of memorized movements -- and even placed second
in the nation for a national award.
Mallory Family
Mallory also credits her parents for her success and their unwavering support through her busy schedule.
“They never pushed me in school, only praising me for the hard work that
I put in,” she said. “I think it contributed to the way I am to be
self-motivating, and I definitely owe a lot to them.”
For college, Mallory plans to stay involved in many activities, much
like her high school years. She said she will continue riding and plans
to be either pre-med or pre-law.
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