By Gianna Vitali and Jayna Morris

NKY University

Mason Fromeyer says he hasn’t always been a star student, but the support system he gained through Northern Kentucky University’s Young Scholars Academy (YSA) changed that.

“Before going into YSA, I was not a great student,” Fromeyer says. “I mean, I got good grades, but that was purely from natural ability and luck. YSA forced me to realize, ‘Okay, I’m not good at this and I need to be better at this or I’m going to pay the price.’”

Originally, Fromeyer had no interest in pursuing a college education after high school and instead planned to go to trade school to become a plumber. But when his best friend told him about YSA, he decided to give it a shot. After making it through a nervous first day of YSA classes, Fromeyer says he fell in

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