A Memphis high school senior Tupac Mosley was dealing with a lot of life stressors, besides school. His father had just died and Mosley found himself evicted, homeless, and at one point living in a tent. Yet Mosley maintained a 4.3 GPA, scored a 31 on his ACT, and was even named valedictorian.
And he earned more than 50 college scholarships worth more than $3 million. But even as he selected to attend Tennessee State University on scholarship, Mosley still had a lot of obstacles. For one, how would he afford
His immediate worries are over it seems.
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“That is because the president of the college drove all the way from Nashville to give him the surprise of a lifetime,” Fox 13 News reported.
“When Rep. Parkinson called me and I spoke with president Meeks, I said, ‘This is what we do, we’re going to come down and bring him to Nashville and we will put him in a residents hall and give him a meal plan so everything is free,’” Glenda Glover, TSU’s president said.
“That definitely makes me feel more than too excited to know. This is the exact reason why I wanted to attend Tennessee State University,” Mosley said.
Mosley will major in electrical engineering in the fall.
“For the president herself to drive down to one of the schools, to actually assist the person personally, to take him or her up there for a visit is just mind blowing to me,” he said.
Mosley told CNN, “As I’ve been worrying about finances and money for most of my life, to know that I can be doing something that I’m enjoying for my next four years and really … starting my career off is … refreshing and motivating. I can do this with confidence not having to worry about anything else.”
