#Socialites, get it into this! A 13-year-old adopted girl has become the youngest Black student to be accepted into medical school! Her name is Alena Analeigh Wicker and this isn’t the first time she’s made headlines as she continues to beat the odds!
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Back in March 2021, we reported on Alena and shared the news of her graduating high school at 12 years old. At the time, we reported that Alena was set to attend Arizona State University.
Since, she has been completing her undergraduate courses at two universities! Arizona State University and Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama.
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13-Year-Old Adopted Girl Becomes Youngest Black Student Accepted Into Medical School
Back in May, a year after she graduated high school at 12, Alena learned that she had made history as she was accepted into the University of Alabama’s Heersink School of Medicine, making her the youngest Black student to ever gain admission into a U.S. medical school.
Alena is in her junior year of college and is expected to begin medical school in 2024.
Per reports, Alena was accepted to Heersink School of Medicine under its Early Assurance Program, which works with HBCUs in Alabama to offer early admissions.
Alena, who was initially planning to pursue a career in engineering, has now realized that she is more interested in medicine. So, she is now completing two degrees in biological sciences.
Speaking on her new feat, Alena took to her Instagram and shared a video collage of her medical school acceptance letter, a picture from her high school graduation and another photo of her in a doctor’s coat. She captioned the post:
“Today I’m just grateful. I graduated High school LAST YEAR at 12 years old and here I am one year later I’ve been accepted into Med School at 13.
I’m a junior in college. Statistics would have said I never would have made it. A little black girl adopted from Fontana California. I’ve worked so hard to reach my goals and live my dreams.
Mama I made it. I couldn’t have done it without you. You gave me every opportunity possible to be successful. You cheered me on, wiped my tears, gave me oreos when I needed comfort, you never allowed me to settle, disciplined me when I needed .
You are the best mother a kid could ever ask for. MAMA I MADE IT! You always believed in me.You allowed me space to grow and become, make mistakes without making me feel bad. You allowed me the opportunity to experience the world.
I pray God blesses me so big you never ever have to want for anything in this earthly life. You sacrificed so much for me (people have no idea what we have been through) and here I am while it seems so far away the end of this college chapter is going by so fast. MOMMY I MADE IT!!!!!💕💕💕”
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