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Ashwyn Sam, next to Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke, was a member of the Rocket Mocs team that set a national record in 2018.<\/p><\/div>\n

Ashwyn Sam admits it: He\u2019s kind of a procrastinator.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like to think that I like to work slow, but it\u2019s actually procrastination,\u201d he says with a smile in his voice.<\/p>\n

His drive to \u201cwork slow\u201d is why, when he decided to apply to be one of the prestigious Knight-Hennessy Scholars for 2020\u2014a scholarship worth about $300,000 total, covering all costs of attending Stanford, including tuition, housing, meal plan, books, fees, supplies and local transportation, among others\u2014he waited until the last week before the deadline to decide to fill out the lengthy application, until the last day to record his required video presentation, the last two hours to transmit the online application and the last 15 minutes to send the second\u2014and critical\u2014recommendation letter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey recommend starting about two months before the application deadline. It\u2019s a very lengthy application, including a video statement,” says Sam, an Honors College student at UTC with a double major in mechanical engineering and mathematics.<\/p>\n

Despite the cut-it-to-the-bone timing, Sam is one of 83 winners out of more than 6,000 applicants for a Knight-Hennessy scholarship. After graduating in May, he heads to Stanford in the fall, where he\u2019ll start two years of work on his master\u2019s in aeronautics and astronautics followed by three more years of Ph.D. work in the same subjects. The first three years are covered by the Knight-Hennessy scholarship, while the final two will be covered by other scholarships, he says.<\/p>\n

He received notification that he\u2019d won in a phone call from John Hennessy, former president of Stanford, a member of the Google board of directors and an acknowledged genius in computer science.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was shocked. I didn\u2019t know what to say. It was probably the most awkward phone conversation ever. I couldn\u2019t speak coherently. I had to tell myself to breathe, so there were a lot of long, awkward pauses,\u201d says Sam, one of the Rocket Mocs who set a national record in 2018 with a launch that reached 11,563 feet.<\/p>\n

But he almost didn\u2019t apply to be a Knight-Hennessy Scholar in the first place.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you asked me a year ago if I was even going to apply, I probably would have laughed and said, \u2018Absolutely not. There\u2019s not a chance of me getting into Stanford,\u2019\u201d says Sam, one of the Rocket Mocs who set a national record in 2018 with a launch that reached 11,563 feet.<\/p>\n

It took the prodding of his parents and two members of the Honors College faculty and staff to convince him. One was Trevor Elliott,\u00a0UC Foundation assistant professor in mechanical engineering and Sam\u2019s faculty advisor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are people that enter your life that make you a better person just for having known them,\u201d Elliot wrote in his recommendation letter to\u00a0Knight-Hennessy. \u201cIn the academic setting there are students that enter your classroom, research laboratories, or special projects who possess the intellectual capacity and thirst for knowledge that set them apart from all others. I have had the privilege of working with one such student that embodies these qualities, Ashwyn Sam.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leslie Pusey,\u00a0director of national scholarships and fellowships in the Honors College,\u00a0was another \u201cprodder,\u201d telling him that, while the Knight-Hennessy is a \u2018unicorn\u2019 prize that\u2019s hard to get, there\u2019s no reason why he shouldn\u2019t apply and give it a shot.<\/p>\n

Pusey says Sam\u2019s personality and accomplishments in the Honors program and Rocket Mocs made the Knight-Hennessy \u201ca good fit for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAshwyn is humble, genuine and an understated leader. What I mean by understated leadership is that he is not overly gregarious and certainly not loud or demanding, but he still subtly commands attention from others,\u201d Pusey says. \u201cPeople know him and want to follow him because he\u2019s kind, smart, engaged and gracious.\u201d<\/p>\n

She wrote the second recommendation letter for Sam\u2019s Knight-Hennessy application\u2014the one transmitted in the last 15 minutes. And it almost didn\u2019t get sent at all.<\/p>\n

Sam already had the letter from Elliott in hand, so two hours before the application deadline\u2014yes,\u00a0two<\/em>\u00a0hours\u2014he walked into Pusey\u2019s office and asked her to write the second letter. She agreed and had finished the letter when Sam went to the electrical outlet to unplug his laptop. But he pulled the wrong plug.<\/p>\n

\u201cI unplugged what I thought was my computer and her monitor goes black,\u201d he says. \u201cAt this point we\u2019re freaking out. Literally, there goes my chances out the window. I could see in her eyes my chances literally disappearing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luckily, he\u2019d only pulled the plug on her monitor, so when it was plugged back in, the screen lit up and her letter was still there.<\/p>\n

In the hours before approaching Pusey, he also went to the Knight-Hennessy website to record his video presentation, cutting short a dental cleaning appointment to do so. Under the rules, he had only five tries to get it right.<\/p>\n

Procrastination had reared its slow-moving head again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hadn\u2019t even started on it. I didn\u2019t know exactly what I wanted to say,\u201d he says. \u201cI thought, \u2018Do I really want to do this? There\u2019s no way I\u2019m going to get into Stanford anyway. I\u2019m doing everything at the last minute.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

He went ahead despite his doubts and was happy with the version from his third try.<\/p>\n

After earning his master\u2019s and doctorate, Sam says he wants to stay in academic research and become a professor. Maybe. He\u2019s sure, though, that his time at Stanford will result in many new ideas and possibilities,\u00a0so his future is actually kind of hazy, although success seems destined.<\/p>\n

In his recommendation letter, Elliott said the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to let you know my assessment of Ashwyn is that he possess the three most desired qualities for his success within your program and at Stanford: the thirst for knowledge with the intellect to use that knowledge to its fullest potential, the initiative and drive to see any work through to completion\u00a0and a service-centric approach and mindset that will always better all of those around him.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is exactly the type of student that will be in graduate courses, working on cutting-edge research, and solving the world\u2019s most complex engineering problems.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ashwyn Sam admits it: He\u2019s kind of a procrastinator. \u201cI like to think that I like to work slow, but it\u2019s actually procrastination,\u201d he says with a smile in his voice. His drive to \u201cwork slow\u201d is why, when he decided to apply to be one of the prestigious Knight-Hennessy Scholars for 2020\u2014a scholarship worth… <\/p>\n

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