Seniors Emily Gharabegi, Maya Jackson and Susan Jiang are SLU-bound after being accepted and awarded with the Deans’ Scholarship. All three students, who applied to Saint Louis University before scholarship deadline of December 1st, met the Deans’ Scholarship expectations of exceptional ACT scores and academic performance. While all three students were awarded the same scholarship, they are all set to pursue separate majors.

Emily Gharabegi, who chose SLU’s biochemistry program, not only chose the school for the accredited program, but for the school’s unique beliefs as well.

“I love their Jesuit traditions and their belief in service,” Gharabegi said.

Heading towards occupational therapy, Maya Jackson applied to SLU for the school’s fast track program.

“And mostly what I applied there for was the occupational therapy program,” Jackson said. “Because it’s a five year program, so you get your master’s degree a lot sooner and it’s a really accredited program. All the occupational therapists that come out of there get jobs quickly and pass their occupational therapy tests the first time.”

Susan Jiang, who applied to SLU after many relatives attended the school, is on the business route, but is also debating on whether she should take pre-med or not.

“I won’t really know anything until college starts,” Jiang said.

All three SLU-bound students share one common degree – one of academic excellence, recognized in the form of the Deans’ Scholarship.