03-03-2016, 02:46 AM
Curious as to how many big island high school seniors are receiving scholarships to universities like cal tech, Yale, or M.I.T. this year? I am hoping With Maunakea being the astronomy capital of the world yet again this year, that maybe some of our best and brightest are getting an opportunity to go further their education at a prestigious university. Wondering just how many big island kids have received scholarships to these types of universities in the past decade or so? Also wondering why a project like the TMT(caltech)did not make these types of scholarships a community priority? I know one million a year in scholarships was on the table, but I believe that was only for Hawaiian keiki and limited to the UHH campus, not sure though?