13 BCPS Students Awarded Full Scholarships to
Top Colleges Through QuestBridge
Susana Mosquera, Northeast High School
Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) is proud to announce the 13 high school seniors receiving the prestigious QuestBridge National College Match Scholarship. The nationwide program connects high-achieving high school seniors with full four-year scholarships to 48 of the nation’s best colleges. Each scholarship recipient is awarded a generous financial aid package provided by the college that covers the full cost of attendance, including tuition, room and board, books and supplies, and travel expenses.
Congratulations to the following 2023 QuestBridge National College Match Scholarship winners:
Charles W. Flanagan High School
Shnayjaah Jeanty, Columbia University
College Academy at Broward College
Sofia Ayala, University of Southern California
Shalamar Brown, Boston College
Sofia Guarisma, Brown University
Kevin Pasquette, Vanderbilt University
Elizabeth Wright, Boston College
Cooper City High School
Maria Balhara, Vanderbilt University
Duncan Xie, University of Notre Dame
Northeast High School
Susana Mosquera, Amherst College
Plantation High School
Joanna Echeverri Porras, Northwestern University
Pompano Beach High School
Amber Brown, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Western High School
Aaron Villegas, Vanderbilt University
These outstanding high school seniors have an average unweighted GPA of 3.94, and 94% are in the top 10% of their graduating class. Most of this year’s Match Scholarship recipients – 80% – are among the first generation in their families to attend a four-year college in the United States.
“Broward County Public Schools is unwavering in its commitment to prepare students for post-secondary success,” said BCPS Interim Superintendent Dr. Earlean C. Smiley. “The QuestBridge Scholars program is one of many opportunities students are encouraged to participate in to alleviate the financial burden of paying for post-secondary education at a top tier higher education institution.”
Match Scholarship recipients are admitted early to QuestBridge college partners with full four-year scholarships that are provided by the colleges and universities, ensuring – for these students and their families – that an education at a top college is obtainable. QuestBridge’s college partners include top liberal arts colleges such as Amherst, Pomona, and Carleton and exceptional research universities such as Duke, Princeton, Stanford, University of Chicago and Yale.
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