Homeless Teen Earns Full Scholarship to College

Homeless Teen Earns Full Scholarship to College


Drew Gooch slept in his car with nowhere to go. He couldn’t live with his mother because her boyfriend was a registered sex offender, WMC-TV5 reports.

But he didn’t let that get him down. He got a job at McDonalds, went to school every day, and maintained a 3.9 grade point average.

Now, he’s been awarded a full scholarship to Middle Tennessee State University.

“These scholarships are everything to me, because without them I would not go to school,” Gooch said.

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