{"id":255,"date":"2026-05-30T13:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=255"},"modified":"2026-05-30T13:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:15:14","slug":"this-high-achieving-ccp-grad-came-to-the-united-states-with-nothing-but-through-scholarships-he-attended-ccp-for-free-and-now-will-do-the-same-at-penn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=255","title":{"rendered":"This high-achieving CCP grad came to the United States \u2018with nothing.\u2019 But through scholarships, he attended CCP for free and now will do the same at Penn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Daniel \u201cDanny\u201d Emdin struggled early on at Northeast High School in Philadelphia and thought he would likely go straight into the workforce after graduation.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=254\">A community of South Philly families rejoice after hearing the new I-76 ramp will not destroy its beloved ballfields<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t really focus a lot on my academics,\u201d he said. \u201cI was someone who enjoyed doing extracurriculars.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But that changed \u2014 a lot.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Earlier this month, Emdin, 20, graduated from Community College of Philadelphia with a 4.0 GPA and won the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke undergraduate transfer scholarship, which will cover up to $55,000 annually toward his bachelor\u2019s degree for up to three years. He was one of only 60 students nationwide to get the award and the only one from Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In August, the aspiring doctor will attend the University of Pennsylvania \u2014 an Ivy League school that admits fewer than 5% of applicants \u2014 where he will study chemistry or neuroscience. With the scholarship and other financial aid, Emdin said, he will be able to attend Penn for free.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just very grateful to the CCP community, because if it wasn\u2019t for them, I wouldn\u2019t be where I am today,\u201d said Emdin, who got his associate\u2019s degree in chemistry.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Emdin is one of 10 Jack Kent Cooke scholarship winners from CCP since 2011. His older brother, David, was a winner in 2024 and is enrolled at Holy Family University, where he is due to get his bachelor\u2019s degree in biology in December.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Jack Kent Cooke scholarships are \u201clast dollar\u201d awards, meaning they are applied after other aid. The program, which chooses winners based on academic achievement, leadership, and perseverance, also provides advising and access to a community of its scholars.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>CCP president Alycia Marshall said the college community is proud of Emdin.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI had the distinct privilege of witnessing firsthand the strength of his leadership, the clarity of his vision, and the depth of his commitment during his service as Student Government Association president and through his advocacy to elected officials,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cHis impact on CCP is not momentary, it is lasting, and it will continue to shape CCP long after he embarks on the next chapter of his journey.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Emdin credits his brother with encouraging him to apply to CCP and then for the scholarship.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cDaniel is a superstar,\u201d said David Emdin, 23. \u201cCCP gave him a chance to explore those passions he didn\u2019t know he had.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Coming to \u2018the land of opportunities\u2019<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The Emdin brothers came to the United States from Nigeria in 2016 with their mother, Esther, and younger sister, Sharon, who is now a senior at Central High School. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Esther Emdin, who also is enrolled at CCP in the health studies program and is scheduled to get her degree in December, said she made the choice after she lost a fourth child to malaria and was looking for more opportunities for her children.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe see America as the land of opportunities and a place where you can achieve your dreams,\u201d Daniel Emdin said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But it was difficult at first because the family arrived in the country \u201cwith nothing,\u201d he said, and Esther Emdin worked multiple jobs as a caregiver and health aide to support the family.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=252\">\ud83c\udfa9 Too fancy, or not fancy enough? | Morning Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Daniel Emdin said his mother \u201calways had a smile on her face and always told us like, \u2018Hey, don\u2019t worry about anything. Just focus on your studies.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>During his freshman year of high school, Emdin said, the pandemic hit and he failed his courses, which were moved to online. His mother was devastated, he said, and he did not want to see that again.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>He enrolled in the medical, engineering, and aerospace magnet program at Northeast, and its director, Christopher Frank, became a mentor whom he still talks with regularly.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe just built a bond over time,\u201d Emdin said. \u201cI started to learn a lot from him.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Then he got the city-funded Octavius Catto scholarship to attend CCP. Catto scholarships pay for tuition not covered by other aid, as well as money toward food, books, and transportation. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t want to live a life of regrets,\u201d Emdin said. \u201cIt\u2019s not every day that people get this opportunity. I didn\u2019t want to waste it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>At CCP, Emdin said, he nurtured his goal of helping his community and serving as a leader. In addition to student government president, he was president of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and vice president and cofounder of CCP\u2019s chapter of the American Chemical Society, a student ambassador, and a student researcher in the biotech program. He also served as a volunteer and mentor in other programs.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Emdin said he was on campus from 8 a.m. or 9 a.m. to about 10 p.m. daily during the school week, commuting more than an hour each way by train and bus from Northeast Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cCCP was a like a second home to me,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>He applied to 23 colleges, he said, and was accepted to others besides Penn, including Swarthmore College, Cornell University, and Rice University, all offering full aid packages.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Emdin said he chose Penn so he could remain in the city and be close to his mother. His brother chose Holy Family for the same reason.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Emdin wants to go to medical school and become a \u201cphysician policymaker,\u201d he said, both treating patients and helping shape systems that serve marginalized communities. He became interested in medicine after watching his father, an orthopedic surgeon in Nigeria, he said. (His father has not been in his life since the family came to the United States, he said.)<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Esther Emdin said she is grateful for the scholarships her sons have received. Her daughter, she said, also received a full scholarship to Holy Family.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI believe that God just honored my family by giving them scholarships,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=250\">Star chefs urge Japanese government to establish protection of marine resources<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel &quot;Danny&quot; Emdin will attend the University of Pennsylvania in the fall and aspires to become a physician policymaker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>This high-achieving CCP grad came to the United States \u2018with nothing.\u2019 But through scholarships, he attended CCP for free and now will do the same at Penn - 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