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Celebrity Scholarship Challenge!Yes, celebrities can win scholarships, too. In fact, a number of well-known personalities won college scholarships before they were famous. Can you match up each celebrity listed below (and on the next page) with the specific scholarship they won?
CELEBRITIES 1. Madonna 2. Bill Clinton 3. Cindy Crawford 4. Diane Sawyer 5. Carson Daly 6. Garth Brooks
SCHOLARSHIPS WON A. Received an academic scholarship to study chemical engineering at Northwestern University. B. Received a golf scholarship to Loyola Marymount University. C. Received a dance scholarship to attend the University of Michigan. D. Received a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford. E. Received a track scholarship as a javelin thrower. F. Received an America's Junior Miss national scholarship.
ANSWERS 1. Madonna: C 2. Bill Clinton: D 3. Cindy Crawford: A 4. Diane Sawyer: F 5. Carson Daly: B 6. Garth Brooks: E By Ben Kaplan at Jan 8 2007 - 12:03am | College Funding | Pop Culture | Ben Kaplan's blog | login or register to post comments
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