Michael Love gets national news coverage for an amazing bit of college application overkill -- and success.
Partial list of Michael Love's acceptances and scholarships. (WXYZ screenshot)
The senior at Cornerstone Health and Technology High School in Detroit is "not sure where he's headed next fall yet, but he’s got a binder full of offers," reports Jenn Schanz of WXYZ (two-minute video is below).
"I got told a lot when I was younger I couldn’t do this, I couldn't do that," Love said. "So I just wanted to show people I’m better than what they think I am."
He applied to more than 50 schools for next year. Not only do most want him — many are offering to foot the bill. "It's over $300,000 in scholarship money I have as of right now," Love said.
Cornerstone was able to waive the acceptance fees for most of Love's prospective schools.
The well-rounded teen, also featured Tuesday on CBS Morning News, plays varsity basketball, is a National Honor Society member and has a part-time job. He plans to study aerospace engineering and tells Schanz he plans to pick a college by April.
His west-side school at Southfield and Outer Drive is part of the Cornerstone Schools chgarter network.
