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3 Degrees, 1 Football Player: How Marcellus Boykin Earned His Spot at a TOP PhD Program

3 Degrees, 1 Football Player: How Marcellus Boykin Earned His Spot at a TOP PhD Program

Update: 2025-06-23
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In this episode, we continue Season 2 with our second Student Spotlight, featuring Marcellus Boykin, a PhD student in nuclear engineering at Georgia Tech. Marcellus shares his journey from math major and football player to shielding sensors in hot cells at Idaho National Lab, presenting at ANS, and navigating imposter syndrome in graduate school.

Learn how he went from:

math --> mechanical engineering --> nuclear engineering

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3 Degrees, 1 Football Player: How Marcellus Boykin Earned His Spot at a TOP PhD Program

3 Degrees, 1 Football Player: How Marcellus Boykin Earned His Spot at a TOP PhD Program

Danielle Allen