US high schooler earns ‘incredible’ $9m in scholarship offers

Dennis Barnes’s offers from 125 colleges and universities approach a national record

A high school student in Louisiana has received more than $9m in scholarship offers, an amount that leaves him at least close to clinching what is believed to be a US record.

Dennis Barnes has been offered aid from 125 colleges and universities, after maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 4.98, among other academic accomplishments, at International high school in New Orleans.