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>> i would like to offer you admission to kean university as a member of the upcoming freshman class. >> reporter: he should be thrilled. but there is also this letter. >> after careful consideration of your application to kean university -- it has been determined that at this time we are unable to offer you admission to our freshman class. >> reporter: two completely contradictory decisions. >> im confused. >> reporter: confusion that is cleared up a few days later by valerie winslow, the direc...

Merit-based clenl scholarship program in the country. but georgia is facing a crippling budget crunch and that means "hope" is in big trouble. >> go dawgs! >> reporter: university of georgia junior danielle reynolds beams with school pride. she as a georgia bulldog through and through. shes also a hope scholarship recipient and that means she doesnt pay a dime toward tuition. >> initially i was actually looking at going out of state, but once i saw the numbers of out-of-state at some schools and...

Time by nearly two minutes. for push-ups, you raeach the maximum 100 points, the top score, if in two minutes you can do 42. katie miller did 68. for sit-ups, you reach the maximum 100 points, the top score, if in two minutes you can do 78 sit-ups. katie miller did 100. which means on the army physical fitness test out of a theoretical maximum score of 300 points, katie miller scored a 367, which you can cuddle up with the next time your self-esteem gets the better of you. katie miller is at wes...

Katie miller did 68. for sit-ups, you reach the maximum 100 points, the top score, if in two minutes you can do 78 sit-ups. katie miller did 100. which means on the army physical fitness test out of a theoretical maximum score of 300 points, katie miller scored a 367, which you can cuddle up with the next time your self-esteem gets the better of you. katie miller is at west point. shes due to graduate in the spring of 2012. she is a graduate of u.s. army airborne school already. her grade point ...

I was robbed at gunpoint on my way home. some people may not know it, but coming off graduation, three days later, my grandfather passed away. adversity causes some men to break, but for me, et helped me break records. >> how is your mom doing? >> shes doing very well. >> how is she holding up with everything youre going through? she was here to see it. how proud is she? >> she is extremely proud. my fathers extremely proud. filled with joy. >> im told about how impressive your background is, pr...

Determinations are based on policy issues that dont really reflect the strongest academic students in the class and i think sometimes there is merit in having more than one student. >> sure. >> at the very top. >> what about that argument that she makes where if youve got a whole bunch of kids right there at the top, lets say youve got five or 10 of them and they all have a grade point average of 3.9999 and theyre separated by just a little bit. why not make them all valedictorian? >> yeah, i th...

Two kids. shes attending a high school with an "f" rating. they rate the cools in florida. thats bad. theres also a school where the graduation rate is 69%. the percentage of kids from the school that go to college, just 35%. she wants to go to college. so what does she do? she applied to nine schools. and she got in. to all nine. not only that, she was offered scholarships to all nine. and among the nine schools, yale, harvard, columbia, dartmouth, amherst, just to name a few. she has a 4.0 gra...

Kept his academic scholarship because that forced him to keep a 3.0 grade point average. he wanted to be dedicated to his grades, family back in barbados, still there. >> a chance encounter were barbados with his coach. >> here she. 3 1/2 years later. >> his mom must be so proud. >> theyre all about the book. whats this draft thing? when you getting your engineering degree? working on a civil engineering degree. >> inspiring all a bunch of different levels. >> hell be here tomorrow. >> good. bet...

Point average and i couldnt do it. that part of my brain is missing, i bet. i bet stu varney has that part of his brain. hes hear to talk about rubiks cube and the c.b.o. estimates that president obamas budget for 2011 will increase the deficit by $10 trillion. huh? >> yes. ok, the budget lays out a spending plan. a spending patent. for years, it establishes how youre going to send your money. the c.b.o. has said at first, well, this is going to add about 88 1/2 trillion to the deficit. oops, go...

Arkansas are associated or members of a union. wheres all this union love coming from from the afl-cio to get you $3 million? are you a beneficiary of people who just dont like blanche lincoln or are you out there doing what you got to do and willing to do what you got to do for the working folk of america? which is it? >> well, ed, ive got a history of working with the state, afl-cio on a very important issue, as you say, a kitchen table issue. the afl-cio was the first group out to work with m...