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Date: May 8th, 2010 5:09 PM Author: bat shit crazy sanctuary legal warrant Subject: From the Times-Tribune Student becomes Carbondale Area's first to be accepted to Harvard
BY STEVE MCCONNELL (STAFF WRITER) Published: May 2, 2010
CARBONDALE - Charles Puza has single-handedly made history for Carbondale Area School District - with the help of his teachers, of course.
Just weeks ago, Charles became the first student at Carbondale Area Junior-Senior High School to be accepted, according to school officials, to one of the best and most prestigious college institutions in the world: Harvard University.
Yes, that's the Cambridge, Mass., university with an admissions acceptance rate of 6.9 percent, with only 2,110 undergraduate students accepted this year out of more than 30,000 applications received.
"He's certainly an excellent student, and we're very proud of him," said district Superintendent Dominick Famularo. "We realize that it's the most competitive school academically (and) probably internationally."
"It's my dream to go there," said Charles, 18, who applied to other Ivy League schools and was also accepted by the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
"I've always wanted to strive to make the most of my time," he said.
The class valedictorian, of 113 students in the senior class, who has lived in Carbondale for most of his life, couldn't believe he would be joining the university's class of 2014.
On April Fools' Day, the admissions e-mail landed in his in-box, with the subject line "Harvard Decision." After opening it and scrolling down quite a bit, Charles discovered his fate - and had to read it again and again just to make sure it wasn't a bad joke. "I was afraid to close the e-mail," he said. "I still couldn't believe it. It was surreal."
Because Charles qualified for a need-based scholarship determined by family income, he will more than likely only pay for his books, he said. The university's undergraduate tuition for the 2009-10 school year, plus room, board and fees, was $48,868.
According to the university, more than 60 percent of accepted students can receive need-based financial aid. The average award is about $40,000.
Charles intends to concentrate his university studies in either neuroscience or human development, which will pave the way for his next dream - becoming a medical doctor. "I still don't believe it," he said.
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