In the summer of 2017, I began my freshman year at Howard University with two full scholarship offers ? one from the Bison STEM Scholars Program (BSSP) and the other from the university?s Division I volleyball program. I accepted the academic scholarship having received many accolades during my high school athletic career. The BSSP selects top-performing high school students to complete Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D. programs in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields to shape them ...