‘Mom, I won! I’m a Rhodes scholar!’ Alexandria native earns prestigious honor

With just a 3% acceptance rate, the Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford is one of the most prestigious graduate programs in the world. One of this year’s winners is from right here in Alexandria.

Rhodes Scholar Hadi Kamara hopes his story shows people it’s never too late to achieve your dreams.

“I actually ended up leaving high school with a 2.08 GPA, right? That’s not the first thing that people think of when they hear ‘Rhodes scholar,’ right?” Kamara said…

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