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Podcast: College Matters. Alma Matters.
Episode: Derek Price of Kennesaw State University: Mechanical Engineering, Goldwater Scholarship, and Wrestling.
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Derek’s high schools changed quite frequently. Despite that he loved school and enjoyed science and math, and engaged in activities like Robotics.
About half way through high school, Derek realized that he would need scholarships to go to college. He then mapped out a plan to raise his aggregate GPA & achieved it to qualify for the Zell-Miller scholarship that would pay for all his college tuition.
Derek joins our podcast to share his undergraduate college journey at Kennesaw State University, UG Research, Winning the Goldwater Scho...