Georgia student bags 264 college offers but is rejected by his ‘dream school’

• Georgia high school student Patrick Pruitt received 264 college acceptance letters and over $17 million in scholarship offers.
• Pruitt applied to 270 colleges and universities, aiming to surpass a national record of 231 acceptances.
• He usedthe College Board’s Direct Admissions programme and the Common App.
• Despite being rejected by his “dream school,” Dartmouth College, he was accepted into all but six of the institutions he applied to.
• Pruitt ultimately chose Knox College, a liberal arts school in Illinois, which offered him a financial aid package worth $260,000 over four years.

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High school graduate in Georgia accepted into 264 colleges and offered $17 million in scholarships