Four Girls Awarded $1M in Scholarships!
We have great news! Four of our seven candidates have been offered full scholarships from top liberal arts colleges and universities!
We were able to leverage a small pool of money into almost $1M in scholarship funds. Each scholarship is worth approximately $225,000. Open A Door was able to leverage a small pool of money donated from friends and family into scholarships at top American universities valued at almost $1M.
Out of more than 4,100 college and universities in the United States*, the Open A Door Students were accepted into the following schools.
— Rina Ntagozera is going to Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania. Ranked #10 in Liberal Arts Colleges by US News & World Report.
— Sharon Damas Batamuriza is going to Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. Ranked #102 in Liberal Arts Colleges by US News & World Report.
— Charlotte Mugisha is going to Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. Ranked #42 in Liberal Arts Colleges by US News & World Report.
— Denyse Niwenshuti is going to Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Ranked #38 in Universities by US News & World Report. She also received offers from Bucknell (#29), Northwestern (#12) and Lafayette (#40), and was wait listed at Stanford (#5).
We are so proud of the girls and incredibly grateful for the outstanding support we have received from the wonderful admissions departments and all of OAD’s supporters.
We were able to leverage a small pool of money into almost $1M in scholarship funds. Each scholarship is worth approximately $225,000. Open A Door was able to leverage a small pool of money donated from friends and family into scholarships at top American universities valued at almost $1M.
Out of more than 4,100 college and universities in the United States*, the Open A Door Students were accepted into the following schools.
— Rina Ntagozera is going to Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania. Ranked #10 in Liberal Arts Colleges by US News & World Report.
— Sharon Damas Batamuriza is going to Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. Ranked #102 in Liberal Arts Colleges by US News & World Report.
— Charlotte Mugisha is going to Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. Ranked #42 in Liberal Arts Colleges by US News & World Report.
— Denyse Niwenshuti is going to Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Ranked #38 in Universities by US News & World Report. She also received offers from Bucknell (#29), Northwestern (#12) and Lafayette (#40), and was wait listed at Stanford (#5).
We are so proud of the girls and incredibly grateful for the outstanding support we have received from the wonderful admissions departments and all of OAD’s supporters.