Five Cobb, Marietta seniors win Gates scholarships

Four Cobb high school seniors and a senior from Marietta city schools have earned Gates Millennium Scholarships, which pay for a student's entire college and post graduate education. These students were among 1,000 selected nationally to receive the scholarships: Daneilia Dwyer, Pebblebrook High School; Ciera Echols, Marietta High School; Brianna Moses and Krupa Patel, South Cobb High School and Safia Siddiqui, Campbell High School.

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