By Sarah Tate
May 20, 2021
College scholarship applications are a normal, if not tedious, part of many high school students' lives as the prepare to head to university following graduation. Scholarship offers can range anywhere from covering the cost of pricey college textbooks to awarding a student a full-ride to their top school choice. One student in North Carolina was fortunate enough to be awarded a staggering amount of scholarship offers for her life post-high school.
Kori Balaam, a 17-year-old student set to graduate from Northwest Cabarrus High School near Charlotte, recently set a record for her school when she was awarded more than $2 million worth of merit scholarships to help further her education in college, according to