Madison Crowell always knew she wanted to go to college.
The 18-year-old from Hinesville, Georgia, will fulfill that dream this fall when she heads off to High Point University in High Point, North Carolina, where she will attend under a full tuition scholarship.Read More
But what makes Crowell’s story extraordinary isn’t just that she’s going to college but that she had applied to hundreds of schools and was accepted into 231 of them and awarded $14.7 million in scholarships to help fund her longtime dream, according to High Point University.
“I wanted to apply to as many schools as I did … because I’m coming from a low-income area of Georgia and so I want to show the kids here in Liberty County that it’s possible to get accepted into not only just local schools like Georgia Southern [University] and Savannah [Technical College], but that you can get accepted into schools like the University of Alabama and University of Colorado and [schools] that you think might be out of your reach but is definitely in reach,” Crowell, senior at Liberty County High School, also in Hinesville, told “Good Morning America.”
In a statement, High Point University President Dr. Nido Qubein, celebrated Crowell and her decision to attend the university.
“We welcome you to our HPU family. You’re going to do exceptional things right here at The Premier Life Skills University, where we call everybody to be extraordinary,” Qubein said. “The sky is not the limit … and when you come here to High Point University, we know you’ll be a leader. We know you’ll make amazing things happen. We’re here to resource her, cheer you on and celebrate you victory.”
Crowell said she and her parents – dad Sgt. 1st Class Delando Langley and mom Melissa Langley – have been preparing for her to go to college ever since she was a young girl but when she was in middle school, their preparations kicked into high gear and they would periodically take road trips and go on college tours whenever they could. She also said she made a commitment to herself, knowing that she wanted to pursue a career in the medical field and major in exercise science, that she would work toward her goal of going to college.
“I know what it’s like to be deferred from a dream school and you don’t know if you’re gonna get the chance to apply again or you’re not going to be accepted again,” Crowell said, adding that she wasn’t accepted into other top schools.
