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I chose to go to Rowland Hall.

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I didn't go here for my whole life.

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I switched over in high school,
freshman year, because,

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I sort of had a somewhat negative,

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not negative, but a little bit,
not what I wanted,

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of an academic experience
in middle school.

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I went to a public middle school,

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and I had a lot of fun,
but at the same time,

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there was sort of this,
sort of stigma around wanting to be,

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being invested in school
and attempting to, you know,

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do well.

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And that was something
that I didn't resonate with, and that was,

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and feeling shame around having like,
big passions for,

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academics was something
that I just didn't jive with.

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So I heard about it from my mom.

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My mom told me about it.

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So I applied for a scholarship,
and I was really lucky to get one.

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So I've been going here ever since.

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And I think that, you know, I mean,
have had so many opportunities, like,

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I've been to China twice,

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I'm going to be performing,
I'm going to be giving a presentation

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at the American Association for Cancer
Research next year in San Diego,

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and all this incredible stuff
about a topic that is, like,

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the perfect intersection of my two
most favorite subjects.

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So, I mean, I don't know,
I think that's pretty incredible.

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That's enough for me to stay.