While some seventh-grade boys dream of becoming sports stars, Jordan McCloughan had a different vision: attending an Ivy League school. That dream, first sparked in middle school, is now becoming a reality.
“It was an amazing experience for me,” he said. “When I logged into my application portal and saw the digital confetti, I couldn’t believe it. I was also accepted to Dartmouth and Yale — the other schools I applied to. I was very, very surprised. It’s just so uncommon for someone to get accepted from a small, rural school like mine.”
Read the full story on the Somerset Community College website: https://kctcs.edu/newsroom/news/2025/20250424-small-town-scholar-to-harvard.aspx
