A Teen’s Take for May 31, 2012

“I’m very excited at the opportunities that await me at Hendrix College in Arkansas and I feel like I will thrive from my newly acquired independence as a college student. I was awarded both an academic scholarship and an Odyssey Honors and Distinction Award for Professional and Leadership Development. My admittance officer acted on my behalf to ensure I got as much scholarship money as possible. My advice to other students looking for scholarship money is to find a good admittance officer and contact them constantly, as I had.”

Age: 17

School: Runnels High School, 2012 graduate

Parents: Samuel and Andrea Tiras

FAVORITES:

Book: “The Odyssey” by Homer

TV show: “That ’70s Show”

Movie: “Slumdog Millionaire”

Singer: Matisyahu

Hangout: “My shed”

Role model: European soccer player Edin Dzeko

Extra: Tiras’ scholarship awards were based on his GPA, standardized test scores, leadership and extracurricular activities, letters of recommendation, and outside class achievement. “In addition to the academic side of college, I will also play on the Hendrix College soccer team, a sport I started playing at age 5. The thing I love most about soccer is the continuous flow of the game and the international passion for the sport.”

Chante Dionne Warren

Special to The Advocate