Gates Scholar Akayla Brown Decides to Attend Howard University
Akayla Brown picked an HBCU as her college choice.
Akayla Brown- photo credit- Facebook
Like many high school seniors who are heading to college in the fall, Akayla Brown recently had an impactful decision to make about where she would attend college.
The Philadelphia Tribunereported that the highly sought-after Gates Scholar decided her official college pick would be Howard University. Among many requirements of the highly selective Gates Scholarship, applicants who are minority high school seniors must be in good academic standing with a minimum cumulative weighted GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale. The Gates Scholarship website said that the scholarship is awarded to 300 student leaders yearly, with the intent of helping them realize their maximum potential. The ideal candidate is described as someone who is in the top 10% of his or her graduating class.