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Reply A Fitchburg High School, Massachusetts, graduate headed to Harvard University for college has turned down $40,000 in scholarship money from the school, so it can be used to help her community college-bound classmates. (Shutterstock) FITCHBURG, MA A graduating senior who already earned a full ride to Harvard University got a standing ovation at the Fitchburg High School, Massachusetts, graduation ceremony, but it wasn t only her academic excellence that was cheered by her classmates and their families. It was her sudden act of good will, too. Verda Tettah was at the podium during her June 4 graduation when she told the crowd she would turn down $40,000 in additional scholarship money offered to her by the high school, so the money could go to other students who need it more, according to reports from WUSA, The Boston Globe and others. The school had offered the straight-A student $10,000 for each of her four years in college to help pay for books, computers and ....
‘I am not the most in need’: Harvard-bound graduate turns down $40k scholarship from Fitchburg High FITCHBURG, Massachusetts (WBZ) A Fitchburg High School graduate is heading to Harvard University, but before she starts her college career, she’s helping others do the same. Verda Tetteh is getting a full ride to Harvard. At graduation, she was awarded an additional $40,000 scholarship for books, computers and living expenses but she turned it down. “No one had the chance to say ‘Don’t give away $40,000,” Verda said. She chuckles about it now, but the 17-year-old dropped jaws at Friday’s graduation ceremony. “Yes I would do it again,” she said. ....