Georgia Teen Accepted to 39 Colleges, Awarded $1.6M in Scholarships

A high school senior in Georgia has made her family proud after getting accepted to 39 college and being awarded $1.6 million in scholarships!

Jordan Nixon, a senior at Douglas County High School in Douglasville, Georgia, has been accepted to Grambling State University, a historically black public university in Grambling, Louisiana and 38 more top colleges and HBCUs. Nixon and her parents are still expecting more acceptances to come in.

“When they first started coming in, she was shocked by the letters and the amount of scholarships offered to her,” her mother, Angelia Nellis-Nixon, said. “It became so funny because it was like every other day there was mail for her. And, before, she would never go to the mailbox.”

Nellis-Nixon says her daughter has narrowed it down to a top three but has not revealed the list to her family except that she will likely end up in a “warm climate.”

The soon-to-be college student plans to take a double major in international business and entrepreneurship with a goal of starting her own businesses after graduation. The young scholar has already started running a few businesses while in high school.

She runs a consignment website and in-home yard sale and sells clothing and shoes to friends, Nellis-Nixon said. Nixon used the Black Common College Application, a sharing database that allows students to apply to any number of 51 HBCUs across the country. In total, the high schooler has applied to more than 50 colleges.

According to Sumter, Jordan Nixon has been accepted to the following colleges so far:

1. Alabama State University

2. Berry College

3. Central State University

4. Clark University – Massachusetts

5. Coppin State University

6. Edward Waters College

7. Emmanuel College – Massachusetts

8. Florida International University

9. Florida Southern College

10. Georgetown College – Kentucky

11. Georgia State University

12. Grambling State University

13. Hampton University

14. Harris-Stowe State University

15. High Point University

16. Howard University

17. Johnson & Wales University – Rhode Island

18. LeMoyne-Owen College

19. Lincoln University – Missouri

20. Livingstone College

21. Loyola University New Orleans

22. Mississippi Valley State University

23. Nova Southeastern University

24. Oglethorpe University

25. Queens University of Charlotte

26. Rollins College

27. Simmons University

28. St. Edwards University – Texas

29. Stetson University

30. Tuskegee University

31. University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

32. University of Maryland Eastern Shore

33. University of Tampa

34. University of Virgin Islands

35. Valparaiso University

36. Virginia Union University

37. West Virginia State University

38. Wofford College

39. Xavier University – Ohio