I just learned of this YouTube video this afternoon -- of Katie Mattie at her graduation from Ypsilanti High School last year. As Katie tells it -- it was her life-long dream to attend the University of Notre Dame. Well, as the story goes, Katie "rolled the dice" and applied to only one school. The Ypsilanti HS Valedictorian / Class President was "wait listed" on two occasions (December 09' and April '10) by her "dream school" only to learn the day before her high school graduation that she had been finally accepted into the University of Notre Dame.
Well, Katie didn't tell anyone (not even Mom or Dad) when she got the news -- she decided to let everyone know the next night during the graduation ceremony.
If you listen closely to the video -- Katie's parents don't believe the principal is right when he introduces Katie and lets everyone know she'll be attending Notre Dame in the fall... Great stuff! There's a second link to an Ann Arbor News story about Katie...
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A NOTRE DAME STORY
LINK:
ANN ARBOR NEWS STORY
