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FAMU's Youngest First-Year Student Has Now Graduated
FAMU's Youngest First-Year Student Has Now Graduated

Curtis Lawrence III started at Florida A&M University at 16 and graduated at age 20 with a biology degree and a minor in liberal arts. FAMU accepted him as a junior after he enrolled at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., at the age of 14 and became the university’s youngest first-year student. “When I first got to FAMU, I was only 16, so I was kind of shy and timid—I was a little scared to talk to people,” Lawrence told FAMU News . “But the culture here is so welcoming that it was easy to make new connections and get to know people. When you hear people saying FAMUly, it really is just like one big family.” Per the Tallahassee Democrat , Lawrence graduated from high school in Washington, D.C., with over $1.65 million in scholarships and was accepted at 14 universities, including prestigious Ivy League schools like Harvard and Yale. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Florida A&M University (@famu_1887) How did FAMU shape his college experience?  During his...

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