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Georgia high school senior receives 32 college acceptance letters, $500K in scholarship offers

He's excited about the future and plans to attend Alabama A&M University.

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — A Hapeville Charter Career Academy senior has many reasons to remember his last year of high school.

Not just because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also because of his hard work.

SaVion Smith received 32 college acceptance letters and $500,000 in scholarship offers. He went to a lot of college fairs and applied there to keep the application costs down. He's also a 5 Strong Scholar. 

"It means that my work has paid off. My hard work has paid off," he told 11Alive in an interview. 

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He's excited about the future and plans to attend Alabama A&M University to major in in technology and criminal justice, with a minor in Spanish.

Credit: SaVion Smith
SaVion Smith

Smith said it's unfortunate that the class of 2020 won't get to have a traditional graduation, but he knows these moments will be one day a part of history - something he plans to tell his future children about one day.

"When their reading that Social Studies book and it says 'COVID-19'. I'm like, 'Oh, yeah, I know about COVID-19. We lived through that in 2020. Cancel this, cancel that. Put a hold to this, put a hold to that.'"

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