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BSC’s first-year students entered with a variety
of noteworthy experiences. They are talented, very
accomplished academically and athletically, and are
givers to their communities.
For example, Daisa Baker of New York City went to
school on Wall Street. Tracey Vu of Norcross, Ga., has a
love (and talent) for solving the Rubik’s Cube and has
won competitions for solving the cube in 30 seconds.
Connor Hayes of Nashville is in a band with his whole
family and plays the electric guitar; he also just finished
writing his first novel. Clayton Crawford of Birmingham
wrote, directed, and starred in his own one-man play.
Lukas Isenhart of Goshen, Ky., and Mary Lovelady of
Birmingham each have eight siblings. Turner Collins
of Birmingham started a morphsuit team (the full-body
spandex costumes popular among hard-core sports fans),
while Emily Fleisig of Birmingham is in the Guinness
Book of World Records for participating in the highest
Here’s a look at the
BY THE
1,931
APPLICATIONS
up 5%
from last year
356 27
new students
transfers
56
%
MALES
44
%
FEMALES
22
BSC
IDENTIFY
as Asian American, Hispanic,
African American, Pacific
Islander, Native American,
or multiracial
%
