Mohawk teen prepares to take on Yale

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>17-year-old gets hefty financial aid. Barnes is a former CosmoGirl! of the Year and was Sacred Heart’s valedictorian in 2005</p>

<p>When Skawenniio Barnes applied to four Ivy League schools in the United States, she also sent applications to two Canadian universities - “just as backup.”</p>

<p>The poised Mohawk teenager, who made headlines campaigning for a library in Kahnawake, needed no Plan B.</p>

<p>Dartmouth, Harvard, Yale and Princeton accepted her - and all offered enticing financial aid packages.</p>

<p>After visiting all four campuses, Barnes settled on Yale. Next week, she leaves for New Haven, Conn., for a pre-orientation program.</p>

<p>“For a time, I was a little iffy about taking off and leaving everything,” Barnes, 17, said in her Kahnawake home…</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=29815dcf-38e6-4d5d-a354-3b80ab5d650a&p=1[/url]”>http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=29815dcf-38e6-4d5d-a354-3b80ab5d650a&p=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks for posting the newspaper story links.</p>

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<p>she got a likely letter…niiiice.</p>