A 16-year-old Washington, D.C. high school student, who received $1.6 million in scholarships, has chosen to attend Florida A&M University (FAMU) in the fall. Curtis Lawrence III will graduate with his high school diploma and receive an associate degree and enter FAMU as a junior, according to a FAMU press release. “I started off thinking about what schools had good biology programs. I started off looking at HBCUs because I wanted to have the HBCU experience to be surrounded by the people, who are just like me, not only Black but academically talented,” Lawrence said. Lawrence began taking college […]
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