Kaelei Atkins

PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Sylvan Hills High School

GPA: 4.213

Honors/Achievements: Vanderbilt Chancellor’s Scholar, eight-year Carson Scholar, Valedictorian, Congressman French Hill’s Educational Achievement Award, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards participant, Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Foundation participant, Arkansas Governor’s School, National Honor Society, Beta Club, All-Region Band and founder of Project Integration.

Colleges Accepted to: Vanderbilt University, Georgetown University, Washington University in St. Louis, Baylor University, University of Arkansas and Arkansas Tech University.

College Attending: Vanderbilt University.

Career Goal: I intend to earn my bachelor’s of science in neuroscience with a pre-med concentration and double minor in nanotechnology and nanosciences and either Spanish or Arabic. I will then earn my master’s degree and continue on to medical school. I hope to work with artificial intelligence, conduct groundbreaking research, and/or open a low-income health clinic.

Favorite Memory from High School: Spending each week day and many weekends with my band family — the people I’ve shared my passion and love for music with for almost seven years. Those memories range from our nerve-racking sweepstakes at competitions to our hot, sunny summer practices.

Favorite Quote: “Every human being is an individual first rather than a member of an identity group. The moment we forget that is the moment we enter into a phase of moral descent” - Dr. Ben Carson.