Notre Dame's First Black Valedictorian

Applying to College African-American Students
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<p>This should be an inspiration to all lurkers and posters on this board:</p>

<p>For the first time in 161 years that Notre Dame has been awarding degrees …</p>

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<p>Source: [Notre</a> Dame Has First Black Valedictorian | NBC Chicago](<a href=“Notre Dame Has First Black Valedictorian – NBC Chicago”>Notre Dame Has First Black Valedictorian – NBC Chicago)</p>

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<p>That’s awesome! The only thing that would have made it better would be if it was a guy lol</p>

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<p>WOOT WOOT! Repping Gary, Indiana :slight_smile:
We needed something other than J5 and the steel mills</p>

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<p>when I first saw this I thought “is this a sign for me to go to ND?”</p>

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<p>I can easily it couldn’t have happened to anyone better. Katie, by far, is deserving of this title.</p>

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<p>Good for her! Wow, Hopkins! May she be an inspiration to others out there. You can do it!</p>

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<p>My parents see this as a sign for me to attend Notre Dame!!!</p>

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<p>Congrats Katie! You worked really hard and deserve all that life brings you in the upcoming years. Endless support!</p>

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<p>She graduated from my high school. She was the speaker at our graduation. She kept talking about us “not being in the bag”. The bag she mentioned represented oppression, self-degradation, etc.</p>

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<p>Congratulations to Katie, but in my mind this really isn’t a noteworthy event anymore in the context of race relations. She worked for it, she won it, she deserved it. 'Nuff said.</p>

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<p>^^ tru dat but its still nice to hear bout people doing things that were not done before. Now i wonder if it will happen with the big Ivies too!?</p>

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<p>All I can say is great congrats, after being told that the program was way to rigorous by the admissions committee---------------so what about those other non-AA dropouts?</p>

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<p>Awesome! And an African American woman at that! Yay! :D</p>