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Scholarship dinner to honor the university’s brightest, incoming freshmen

Written by Charlene Egbe, Contributor to The Shorthorn

Thursday, 09 April 2009 06:05 PM

The Office of Undergraduate Recruitment hosts the President’s Scholarship Dinner tonight. The dinner will honor incoming freshmen awarded the President’s Charter Scholarship or the Honors Distinction Scholarship. Students in attendance will dine with university representatives. A string quartet will perform after dinner. Provost Donald Bobbitt will speak and scholarship recipients will receive awards of recognition. Sai Pradhan Ravuru, 17, will attend the dinner. He is a recipient of the President’s Charter Scholarship. “Scholarships are blessings, especially to international students like me,” Ravuru said. Ravuru applied as an international student to UTA with a 3.94 grade point average and SAT score of 1940, which he said he earned on the first try. Although he was accepted at Texas A&M and Georgia Tech, Ravaru chose UT-Arlington. “I chose UTA because it will give me the best research opportunities,” Ravuru said. He said knowing he’ll receive a scholarship also impacts his selection process. Ravuru has been a student at Lynbrook High School in San Jose, California the past four months. Previously, Ravuru lived in Singapore for 10 years. While there he attended secondary school and became the president of his school’s debating society, information technology club and executive council, which he said is like student government. Ravuru said one of the things he misses about Singapore was his familiarity with the surroundings. “I practically knew every nook and corner,” Ravuru said. He said he misses his friends but is looking forward to the college experience. “College life is a new experience,” said Ravuru. “I’m looking forward to making a lot of friends. I’m excited about dorm life, living away from my parents and studying at my own pace. I won’t have to worry about Mom coming in and saying, ‘Lights off at 10.’ ” Views: 1728 | E-mail   Be first to comment this article Powered by AkoComment Tweaked Special Edition v.1.4.6 AkoComment © Copyright 2004 by Arthur Konze - www.mamboportal.com All right reserved

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