FAIRFAX, Va., May 7 -- George Mason University issued the following news release:
When Saniya Darediya stepped onto George Mason University's Fairfax Campus for Orientation four years ago, she was fresh off the plane from Gujarat, India, and had never been to the United States. She chose George Mason sight-unseen-and then carved out a place for herself.
"I did a ton of research on universities all over the world before I came here," she said. "George Mason felt like a university that draws a lot of opportunity outside of class. They had a lot of research programs, and I really wanted that hands-on experience."
Now graduating with a bachelor's degree in neuroscience, Darediya, who calls herself a "professional brain nerd," is this year's ...