Two Southland College Prep Charter High School Seniors

Two Southland College Prep Charter High School Seniors

Awarded More Than $750,000 Total in Full Scholarships to Top Universities by National QuestBridge College Match Program

RICHTON PARK, Ill. — Two Southland College Prep Charter High School seniors, Rickaiya Bernard and Mofoluwake Arogundade, earned a cumulative total of more than $750,000 in full four-year scholarships to top universities from the QuestBridge National College Match Program.

Bernard will attend Northwestern University. Arogundade has been matched to Brown University. The students have earned full four-year scholarships, including room and board, books and supplies, fees and travel expenses with no loans.

Out of over 25,500 applicants, 7,288 Finalists were selected to be considered for the QuestBridge National College Match Scholarship. This year, 52 college partners matched with 2,627 Finalists, who are recognized as Match Scholarship Recipients. This is the highest number of Match Scholarship recipients to date for QuestBridge.

“The QuestBridge Scholarship is an extraordinary recognition of the dedication and focus of these students,” said Dr. Blondean Y. Davis, Southland College Prep CEO.

Dr. Davis praised the QuestBridge program’s mission of connecting high-achieving high school seniors with scholarships to the nation’s top colleges granting the “greatest of opportunities for our talented young people.”

Collectively the scholarships to Northwestern and Brown Universities are valued at close to $750,000, according to Robert Lane, Southland’s Director of College Admissions and Alumni Relations.

“Our students continue to make history,” said Lane, noting that this is the eighth year that Southland students have been matched in the QuestBridge Scholarship program.

Southland students have been matched and went on to attend prestigious institutions such as the University of Pennsylvania, Emory University, the University of Chicago, Duke University, Brown University, Washington University and Vanderbilt University. This year marks the fourth time that multiple students from Southland have been chosen.

QuestBridge is a national program that connects high-achieving high school seniors from low-income backgrounds to the program’s college partners which include top liberal arts colleges and research universities.

Typically, awardees write as many as 100 essay responses to earn their QuestBridge awards, Lane said.

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