May is the time of choice - when high school seniors make final plans to enter one of the nation's 1,850 colleges and universities and join two million young Americans studying for higher education. At Middletown High School, 71 of this year's 295 graduating seniors expect to enter college in the fall. Nineteen of them have received scholarships. For some, weighing school qualities has been difficult. For others, with only one school in their eyes for years, the job has been easier. Talt Kendrick, for example, applied only to Yale University. Last week, the university granted him a $900 ministerial scholarship. Talt will study history at the college and then go on to study for the ministry...‍

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