High School Senior Accepted to 49 Colleges Received $1.7 Million In Scholarships

by | Apr 18, 2017 | Positivity | 16 comments

Lafayette High School in Lafayette, Alabama is on the list of failing schools.

Despite the status of the school Tytianna Smith emerges as a shining star. She applied to 50 colleges and was accepted by 49!

Along with receiving $1.7 million in scholarships from every college she applied to she is also active at her high school. Though the school has no band coach, Tytianna served as the band’s Co-Drum Major and helped to prepare the band to perform at five games. She wanted to inspire other students at her school.

“I attend a high school that is currently on the failing school list…I wanted to show that just because we attend a failing school we are not failing students…I wanted to lift the standard,” Tytianna stated.

Tytianna will be attending HBCU Norfolk University, Virginia!

***Typo fixed by Reneegede 12/28/2018***

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16 Comments

  1. Catinia Brown

    It’s Norfolk State University!
    BEHOLD THE GREEN AND GOLD!!!!

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  2. Simone

    I would love to share this article except there’s a typo in the title.

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    • Cathy Sebastian

      Good eye. I noticed it to.

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      • T-POT

        Ummmm. That would be “too”. Share this young ladies great achievement.

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    • epcollrich

      Share it anyway! It still makes the point of when you want something and work hard for it, you can accomplish…

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      • Reneegede

        UI has a volunteer staff and employs no editors to correct the work submitted by others.
        However, I corrected the spelling because we kept getting a lot of comments about it on the back end,
        even though it’s an older article. Glad it’s here to be read!

        Reply
  3. script8wp

    This is awesome !!! You go girl

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  4. Sandra Perkins

    Congrats sweet girl,show them all how it’s done

    Reply
  5. Lila Brown

    Can you check the spelling of “Accepted” in the heading pleade?

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    • JD Benson

      DITTO to the author Candice.

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    • Espi

      *please

      Reply
  6. Zina

    Great article …. looking beyond the typo.

    Reply
  7. Power Up

    This comment is meant to be helpful. I LOVE the article, but for the writer and for this website. You guys can get the free app called Grammarly which will fix small typos by underlining them in red, and providing a correction. It helps me catch these small errors. It’s free. Grammarly is the name of the app.

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    • Reneegede

      Grammarly is limited unless you buy the Full edition and someone still has to keep an eye on things even if the free app is installed for sitewide usage. We don’t have a paid staff of editors, but thanks for the suggestion. Keep it coming!

      Reply
  8. James

    I have an up and coming scholar… How would I contact this school? I would love for my son to talk to this young lady or her guidance counselor.

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  9. Christopher Jones

    Another capable mind headed the wrong direction. ?
    Being like your Massa is not goal, it’s a trap. Especially considering nothing man beings got going on is intelligent. This is likely being the smartest dummy.

    Reply

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