High School Senior Marry Kassa Earns A Full Ride To Yale And Will Pursue Her Dream Of Becoming A Software Engineer
A Michigan high school student has received $4.7 million in scholarships and will attend Yale University in the fall, according to WDIX.
University High School Academy’s Marry Kassa announced on LinkedIn that she will be joining the prestigious Ivy League school, where she landed a full-ride scholarship. In addition to the scholarship from Yale, she has also won a scholarship from Amazon.
“I’ll be studying computer science with the plan to get both my bachelor’s and master’s together in 4 years,” she shared on LinkedIn. “Furthermore, I got into Yale before Ivy Day …and was chosen to be a Yale Engineering & Science (YES) Scholar, an invitation only given to less than 100 Yale applicants out of the total pool of 50,000+!!!”
Being a YES scholar will allow her to secure a paid research opportunity at a Yale lab of her choice, as well as networking opportunities, Kassa said.
The Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship will provide her with $40,000 toward her education and a guaranteed paid position with the company following her first year at Yale, she revealed on LinkedIn.
“I would be interning the summer after my freshman year at Yale and I’m super happy about this opportunity,” she added.
Kassa, who holds a 4.31 GPA from her high school, expressed interest in becoming a programmer. She has acquired skills ranging from machine learning to full-stack development to computer hardware, as indicated on her LinkedIn profile.
Beyond excelling in her academics, she dedicated time to activities and societies such as the Student Council, National Honor Society, African Student Association, and National Society of Black Engineers Jr., serving as its president.
She was also admitted to Yale, Princeton, Brown, Columbia, and Cornell and received full rides to other top institutions, according to WDIX.
She intends to become a software engineer and obtain a dual bachelor’s and master’s degree in computer science at Yale.
“As a first-generation college student with immigrant parents, this college application cycle definitely was the best emotional roller coaster ever! I’m grateful that all my hard work paid off and this wouldn’t be possible without my family, friends, and teachers that supported me,” she expressed on LinkedIn.
