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An 18-year-old is the first Black male valedictorian in his school's 106-year history. Ahmed Muhammad is a student at Oakland Technical High School in California. He is graduating May 26 at the top of his class with a 4.73 GPA and, depending on how his final few classes go, may even leave with a 5.0.
In addition to his regular course load, Muhammad's taken 13 advanced placement classes at Oakland Tech as well as multiple college classes at his local community college.
The fruits of his labor are evident. Muhammad applied to 11 colleges -- five branches of the Unviersity of California, the University of Southern California, Howard, Columbia, Princeton, Harvard, and Stanford -- and was accepted into each one.
Ultimately, Muhammad committed to Stanford University, making him the first in his family to attain higher education. He plans to explore different engineering disciplines.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/student-1st-black-male-valedictorian-schools-106-year/story?id=77515048
dawg day
(7,947 posts)to those of us who were very proud of our long ago 3.11 high school GPA.
walkingman
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(32,475 posts)crickets
(25,983 posts)He will go far, and all of us will be the better for it. Congratulations, Ahmed Muhammad.