Fort Worth Students, Family Members, Surprised with Paul Quinn College Acceptances

By Lili Zheng
Published on NBC News 5 on February 18, 2022

More than 400 high school seniors from Fort Worth schools were surprised Thursday with acceptance letters to Paul Quinn College for themselves and two family members.

The private college has developed a partnership with five Fort Worth ISD schools: Dunbar High School, Eastern Hills High School, O. D. Wyatt High School, Young Men’s Leadership Academy, and Young Women’s Leadership Academy.

On Thursday, the students thought there were only visiting the Historically Black College campus.

Paul Quinn College President Dr. Michael Sorrell made the surprise announcement in the campus gymnasium. “Every senior at your high school that has a 3.0 or better will automatically be admitted to Paul Quinn College,” Sorrell said.

Elizabeth McCorvey, a senior at the Young Women’s Leadership Academy, was among the students who visited Thursday. McCovey said she had already been accepted to 10 colleges prior to Thursday and has now added Paul Quinn College to her list of options. “I looked at my college advisor and was like, ‘Wait what?’ Then he [Sorrell] said what he had said and I was like, ‘Whoa!’” McCorvey recalled Friday. “It was just so great. I’m still speechless, like, ‘Wow, thank you!’”