West High School, GPA 4.31, Scored 36 on ACT, AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Scholarship of $2,000
College: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, majoring in biomed engineering.
Career goals: "(Tissue engineering) is a way to help people, and it's the future, as far as medicine is concerned. And it involves creativity."
For fun: "I like do a lot of studying for things that have nothing to do with school, just stuff on the Internet. When I'm not studying, I'm involved in the (West High) climbing team. Most of my climbing has been indoor climbing walls."
They're bright, they're motivated and they're graduating from a school near you. The News Sentinel has an academic dream team we're announcing today. Student names were submitted by schools around the region, more than 300 in all. Editors narrowed it down to students who have top grades and nationally recognized honors. We were impressed by so many students, it was difficult to choose just 20. But these are our picks, and we congratulate them all. We asked them about their plans for the fall, scholarships, career plans and hobbies. We have no doubt they'll all do great things in the future, and we hope you enjoy meeting them as much as we did.
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