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Farmer's son, police's daughter win full scholarships to Ivy League schools

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/05/23/scholarships.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Jessica Cuadro (left) will be going to Columbia University, while Romnick Blanco (right) will be attending Harvard University. <cite>Handout</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Two students of a Manila-based international school are set to join 11 of their peers at Ivy League universities in the United States.</p><p>Romnick Blanco will be going to Harvard University in Massachusetts, while Jessica Cuadro will head to Columbia University in New York City.</p><p>The two are beneficiaries of scholarships at International School Manila.</p><p>Blanco will be taking advantage of a full scholarship to Harvard covering tuition, accommodation, plane tickets, and clothing, said ISM in a statement. Cuadro also qualified for a full scholarship.</p><p>Blanco, seventh of nine children, is the son of a farmer in Sierra Madre, Bulacan.</p><p>Cuadro, meanwhile, is the daughter of a police officer.</p>

<p>Two students of a Manila-based international school are set to join 11 of their peers at Ivy League universities in the United States.</p>

Two students of a Manila-based international school are set to join 11 of their peers at Ivy League universities in the United States.