Whiz Kids: Dearborn Student Headed to MIT

Hussein Abdallah, a senior at Dearborn High, was one of roughly 10 percent of applicants offered admission to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Name: Hussein Abdallah Age: 18 School: Dearborn High School Accomplishment: Hussein Abdallah knew he was taking a big chance when he applied for admission to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he tried not to get excited about the prospect of attending the nation’s most prestigious engineering and technology universities–but that was until he received notification that he was accepted. “I tried not to get my hopes up; I know it’s very competitive,” he said. “I was extremely happy to get the news. I had pondered (rejection), but I tried not to dwell on it. Abdallah, who will graduate from Dearborn High this June, applied through the school’s “early action” process, which measures a student’s performance based on second semester …

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