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Ghanaian student who was almost denied high school admission for wearing dreadlocks, earns $1.4m in scholarship offers; chooses UPENN

Ghanaian student who was almost denied high school admission for wearing dreadlocks, earns $1.4m in scholarship offers; chooses UPENN

Tyrone Iras Marh, a Ghanaian student who was once nearly denied admission to high school due to his dreadlocks, has announced he has been awarded a full scholarship to study Computer Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. According to a JOY NEWS report, Marh first gained attention when Achimota High School rejected his application, citing…

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