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April 2, 2008• (0) Comments
The Van Doren Scholarships are among New Jersey’s most prestigious academic recognitions, providing college tuition scholarships for Somerset County students who display a powerful thirst for learning.
And each year, more than a hundred worthy students apply for the merit awards, filing lengthy application forms, scholastic transcripts, and recommendation letters in a blizzard of paperwork over several weeks in March. The result of this scramble would be purely chaotic if Van Doren Trustee Allen Crossett weren’t always on top of his game. Despite his sincere efforts, every year a few incredibly talented applicants with All-Universe academic credentials, wise and compassionate hearts, and more friends in high places than kids deserve, fail to follow the directions and earn rude disqualifications. Que lastima!