He's almost finished his undergrad work (to graduate summa cum laude next
May if he holds present standing one more semester) at UNC-CH. Speaking of
McGill, he studied French there between soph and junior years of high
school, and he's applying for grad school there (may be his 1st choice).
Also studied 3 weeks one summer in Paris, another in Montpelier, FR; spent
last school year at Institute d'Ecole Politique de Paris in Menton, FR;
studied Mandarin for 3 weeks one summer in China; speaks English, of course,
French, Arabic; also now an A student in Russian; worked last summer at
Afghan Embassy in DC.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Bennell" <rbenn...@bennell.ca>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Anybody there?
On 20/12/2012 2:09 PM, WILTON wrote:
I was thinking Bahston, and I was afraid of such on the living costs.
He's academically well-qualified for most anywhere, and is casting a wide
net; it'll be interesting to see what sort of "offers/opportunities"
develop. Overall, his best education vs cost is probably where he is -
Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). He's already fairly well assured of a "slot"
there.
Wilton
IF he is truly exceptional, then he may wish to do his undergrad degree
somewhere else and then try to go to Harvard on their $$.
A young lady who used to date the elder son of the folks who live next
door to us was such a case.
She started doing a degree here at the University of Manitoba and did so
well that she was offered a summer job in Ottawa with a lab.
The folks she worked with there suggested she move to Montreal and go to
McGill to finish her degree.
McGill offered here a scholarship in (now I might get this part wrong but
you will get the idea) Chemistry or Biology - not sure which.
In any event, she preferred Physics but they would not offer $$ in
Physics.
So, she did both. Took the scholarship and did what they wanted her to do
but took Physics too - a double major.
When she finished up she was wined and dined by a number of places -
Harvard among them and Scripps (?) too.
She announced she was not interested after having a look at them.
Harvard told her to call them when she was ready, so she backpacked
accross Europe and Asia for a year and then showed up at Harvard and they
took her in on a full scholarship.
The last I heard, she was teaching at some University in NYC.
Did I mention she was blonde, slim, etc - maybe not gorgeous but certainly
not bad.
And she has other talents. For example, she seemed able to play just about
any instrument.
However, the last time I saw her, she dropped into my office to have some
document witnessed and she was dressed just awful. I guess her mind is on
other things.
Randy
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