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At just 13 years old, Alena Analeigh Wicker is set to become the youngest Black medical student in U.S. history. After graduating high school just last year, she has been accepted to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and will begin her studies there in 2024.
Wicker has completed half of her undergraduate requirements at Arizona State University and Oakwood University in the past year. Through the Burroughs Wellcome Scholars Early Assurance Program, she has been accepted at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine. This program partners the university with historically Black colleges and universities across Alabama to “provide early acceptance to medical school for students who meet the requirements for acceptance and matriculation.”
risingafrica.org
Wicker has completed half of her undergraduate requirements at Arizona State University and Oakwood University in the past year. Through the Burroughs Wellcome Scholars Early Assurance Program, she has been accepted at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine. This program partners the university with historically Black colleges and universities across Alabama to “provide early acceptance to medical school for students who meet the requirements for acceptance and matriculation.”
13-year-old girl is the youngest Black medical school student in American history
At just 13 years old, Alena Analeigh Wicker is set to become the youngest Black medical student in U.S. history.
risingafrica.org
