TN Student Gets 17 Full-Ride Offers, $9.6M In Scholarship Money, Elects HBCU Dillard University
|
Posted By: Hija Chang on May 03, 2017 FEATURED Content By Kiersten Willis Zariah Nolan already enrolled at Dillard University for the upcoming fall semester. (@zeenoxo Twitter) As many students are beginning to settle on what college they'll attend in the fall, one Memphis, Tenn., high school senior already knows not only where she'll go but how she'll pay for it. Zariah Nolan, 18, is a member of predominantly Black Whitehaven High School's 2017 senior class, which has earned more than $80 million in total scholarship offers, and she is the top earner at about $9.6 million, according to ABC News. "My principal always told us you never know where life can take you, so apply anywhere just to see," Nolan, who took advantage of the Common Black College Application and other group application websites, said. CBCA is a popular tool college hopefuls use that allows students to pay a one-time $35 application fee to apply to up to 51 historically Black colleges and universities registered on the site. Nolan applied to about 100 schools in total, all of which accepted her, got 17 full-ride scholarships and, according to her tweets, decided to study psychology at New Orleans' Dillard University this fall. Nolan, who has a 3.5 GPA and began sending applications long before senior year started, said her mother, godmother and English teacher helped her reach success. "I had an English teacher [named] Ms. Young who attended Duke University and Loyola Marymount University in California and I was like, 'This woman is all over the place.' She is an [alumnus] of Whitehaven High School and she came back to teach before she went off to law school," Nolan told ABC News. "I used her as a great resource to figure out what I needed to do to get scholarship money and I had her look over my essays. I needed motivation from someone who had done it and she has been there every step of the way." Many online have been celebrating Nolan's high-earning accomplishment. http://atlantablackstar.com/ If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
 |
Hija Chang
Management, See Moss Interactive Central State University class of 2021 Member Since January 2011 |
Comments
More From This Author
Latest News
 |
Jackson State University Counts 12 Sitting College Presidents and Chancellors Among Its AlumniTwelve current college presidents and chancellors across seven states share a Jackson State University degree, underscoring JSU's role as a national pipeline for higher-education leadership. ...more
Roger The Great • 45 Views • September 29th, 2026 |
 |
FAMU Partners With JCPenney to Help Students Dress for SuccessMore than 250 Florida A&M University students received support in preparing for upcoming career opportunities through the Suit Up JCPenney event, which provided access to discounted professional attir ...more
Reginald Claremont • 154 Views • September 23rd, 2026 |
 |
For Your Grammy Consideration: James Artissen - Blank FaceFor Your Grammy Consideration.
Artist: James Artissen
Song: Blank Face
Genre: Dance, Pop, R&B
Label: Humble Sound Records
Category: Best Dance Pop Recording
#JamesArtissen #BlankFace #Gram ...more
Lenell Johnson • 142 Views • September 23rd, 2026 |
Popular News
 |
Louisiana Upholds Life Sentence to Black Man For Stealing Hedge Trimmers in 1997While this may not be HBCU related news, as an AFrican American male, I had to share this appalling decision by the Louisiana court system to keep a man in jail with a life sentence for such a petty c ...more
Roger The Great • 405,777 Views • August 6th, 2020 |
 |
Blonde Instagram Model Goes Viral for Graduating from HBCU and Pledging Delta Sigma Theta!A blonde woman is going viral this morning, for graduating from A Historically Black College while pledging a Black sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated.
@Blonde_HBCU
The woman, an IG ...more
Roger The Great • 190,081 Views • November 30th, 2020 |
 |
Apple to Invest over $40 Million Dollars into HBCUs - Time to major in Computer Science!!!On Tuesday Johnny C. Taylor, President and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund stopped by “NewsOne Now” to make a major announcement that could literally change the lives of thousands of HBCU st ...more
Roger The Great • 130,944 Views • March 11th, 2015 |
 |
North Carolina HBCU Unity DayShaw University - Elizabeth City State University - Johnson C. Smith University - Fayetteville State University - Livingstone College - North Carolina A&T State University - North Carolina Central Uni ...more
Reginald Claremont • 117,239 Views • August 8th, 2016 |
 |
Black Billionaire Robert F. Smith to Donate $50 Million to Support STEM Students at HBCUsThe Student Freedom Initiative announced today a $50 million personal gift from Robert F. Smith, philanthropist and Founder, Chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners. This gift matches the initial fu ...more
Roger The Great • 86,508 Views • October 22nd, 2020 |
