<p>Top</a> graduating senior a rags-to-academic-riches story</p>
<p>I saw this… Isn’t this just awesome? Good for him!</p>
<p>really great article, and fascinating life story.</p>
<p>This is an even better story than that of the transfer student who won it last year.</p>
<p>i was there for his speech</p>
<p>It’s articles like these that make feel guilty (and a little jealous) that I am not the student I want to be.</p>
<p>lol I know what you mean knitknots. But I’m sure he had gone through a lot to really want to make a change in his life. That doesn’t come from nowhere. I guess we have to find motivation like he did…moral of the story.</p>
<p>The final pick of the University Medalist (from the finalists) is done by the administration. It’s no surprise they’ve picked the “crunchiest/social justice” type the last few years. Left leaning as always.</p>
<p>This kid (man, rather) is pretty impressive but he’s taken an awful long time to get where he is.</p>