Press Release
February 10, 2025
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Fort Lauderdale, FL (February 10, 2025) — Global educational services provider Kaplan announces that Ella Mayor, a Regents scholar at UC Berkeley, has won its $20K Tuition Sweepstakes, which will help her finance her future medical school education.
Ella, a freshman who graduated from Santa Susana High School in Simi Valley, California, said she was shocked at winning the sweepstakes, and knows it will help her achieve her long term career goals:
“Four years of medical school cost well over $200,000, which is why financial support like this is so meaningful. This will not only allow me to pursue my journey to serve as a doctor in underserved communities across the world, but it will also significantly reduce the financial burden for me and my family. Thank you to the American Medical Student Association at Berkeley and a special thank you to Kaplan for teaching me to keep dreaming big, pushing me to become one step closer to becoming a doctor.”
Ella, a dedicated volunteer, public speaker, and healthcare advocate, plans to pursue a MD/PhD with a focus on neurosurgery, health equity, philosophy, and stem cell research.
Over the past two decades, Kaplan has held numerous sweepstakes and contests to help students further their educational and career goals, awarding tens of thousands of dollars in the process, in addition to free test prep courses for admissions exams like the GRE®, GMAT®, LSAT®, and MCAT®. This particular sweepstakes was open to all enrolled college students in the United States; Kaplan drew one name at random, with the winner being notified shortly thereafter.
Learn more about Ella’s story on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.
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Kaplan, Inc. is a global educational services company that helps individuals and institutions advance their goals in an ever-changing world. Our broad portfolio of solutions help students and professionals further their education and careers, universities and educational institutions attract and support students, and businesses maximize employee recruitment, retainment, and development. Stanley Kaplan founded our company in 1938 with a mission to expand educational opportunities for students of all backgrounds. Today, our thousands of employees working in 27 countries/regions continue Stanley’s mission as they serve about 1.2 million students and professionals, 15,000 corporate clients, and 3,300 schools, school districts, colleges, and universities worldwide. Kaplan is a subsidiary of the Graham Holdings Company (NYSE: GHC). Learn more at kaplan.com.
Russell Schaffer
russell.schaffer@kaplan.com
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