FAIRFAX, Va., May 8 -- George Mason University issued the following news release:
From a nearly decade-long gap between high school and college, to his passion in a niche field of kinesiology, George Mason University senior Ryan Hutchinson is proving that the road less traveled is sometimes the better one.
In Hutchinson's own recollection, "I didn't do great at the high school level." He made the decision to enter the workforce after high school graduation, unsure if he was ready for the rigor of college-level academics. But after losing his retail job during the COVID-19 lockdown, Hutchinson decided to take the plunge and enrolled at Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) to get a personal trainer certificate.
"I ended up doing real...