Maryland Triplets Born Severely Premature Start School At Historic Spelman and Morehouse Colleges In US
- Triplets Morgan Hicks, Sanai Hicks, and Tony Hicks Jr were all born preterm but survived their difficult birth
- Morgan Hicks and Sanai Hicks graduated from the same high school with 3.7 and 3.8, respectively, while their brother earned a 3.9 GPAs
- The trio received scholarships to start school at Spelman and Morehouse colleges in Atlanta, United States
Maryland triplets Morgan Hicks, Sanai Hicks, and Tony Hicks Jr have been accepted into dozens of schools with received scholarships across the United States.
The triplets were all born severely prematurely. Sanai, Morgan and Tony Jr were born at 27 weeks, with the girls weighing 1.1 pounds and Tony weighing two pounds.
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Triplets graduate from high school
After overcoming an early stormy birth, they decided to stay together. They chose schools in Atlanta and have begun classes at Spelman and Morehouse colleges.
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This comes after they finished high school with GPAs of 3.7, 3.8, and 3.9, respectively. While Morgan and Sanai went to middle and high school together, Tony Jr went elsewhere
The triplets made a list together, believing it would be fun to go to school together for the first time since elementary school.
Mum details their journey to receiving scholarships for university education
Their mum, Sharnetta, told USA Today that she and her husband tried to guide their children as much as possible but wanted them to decide.
With support from support from Sharnetta and her husband, their children started a GoFundMe, but they put in "many long nights" by applying for scholarships and writing admissions essays, Sharnetta said.
"They would end up doing four or five essays a day to catch up because they were just trying to live out their life and also have fun in school and do social activities and service hours.''
She told them it would pay off, though, and it did: the scholarship money began to trickle in.
Triplets received scholarships from Spelman and Morehouse
Tony Jr received $60,000 from Morehouse, while Sanai and Morgan each received $18,000 from Spelman to support them over the next four years. The students also earned private scholarships through other programmes.
Sanai, who's interested in immigration and entertainment, plans to pursue a law degree. Morgan wants to become a biomedical engineer and plans to study biochemistry and complete a dual-degree engineering programme, a crossover between Spelman and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Tony Jr, on the other hand, wants to focus on applied physics, with plans to become an aerospace engineer and would love to work for NASA.
Spelman College is a historically Black liberal arts college for women in Atlanta, Georgia. At the same time, Morehouse College is a private, historically Black men's liberal arts (HBCU) college in Atlanta.
Former KETASCO NSMQ backup earns admission into US college with $93,000 scholarship
Previously, YEN.com.gh reported that Cynthia Makafui Baragbor, a 2022 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) participant, earned admission into Amherst College in the US with a yearly scholarship of $93,000.
The prodigy was part of the team that represented her alma mater, Keta Senior High Technical School (Ketasco), in the year's NSMQ. She emerged in the top 1% in the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) when she graduated with 8As.
Reflecting on her extraordinary journey in a LinkedIn post, Baragbor remembered her stormy path to her recent academic accomplishment.
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