Rawlin Tate Jr., a student at Woodland High School in Stockbridge, is graduating with a 4.7 GPA. The impressive senior is the first black male to hold the highest academic title at his school since it opened in 2007.
"I see it as a benchmark for other males and not only at Woodland, but at other locations," dad Rawlin Tate Sr. told"GMA.""Rawlin succeeded in extra curricular and academics. This is the opportunity for other men to [say], 'Hey, being smart is OK.'" "He is brilliant, talented, a musical genius and is one of the most well-rounded students that I've ever had the opportunity to work with," Ellis said.
He received more than $1 million in scholarship offers and was accepted to all 14 schools he had applied for including Louisiana State University, Morehouse College, Ohio State University, Georgia Institute of Technology -- to name a few.
Hope he succeeds in life. Good looking kid!!!!
Congratulations!!!
At his high school- yes he was the first! Congrats 🎊🎉🎈 GodsMostIntelligentCreation
g_busiswa Congratulations, Rawlin! 👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏽
Congrats
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He is a true genius. Congrats bra
God bless you young man! Congrats
I had the privilege of teaching RL for 4 yrs while he was in elementary. So NOT surprised at his success. Congratulations!
Congratulations
You’re going to do wonderful things.
Hey um ... that's like saying I scored 100 on my iq test. Gpa maxes out at 4.0.
Congratulations I'm very proud of you😘💯😘💯!
So no more excuses from people saying I'm poor and I can't get a good education because of my ethnicity. foxnewsalert
He should be celebrated for his outstanding accomplishments, NOT a skin color or another country. To do so is racist. He's a extremely talented and smart young AMERICAN. MAGA
Congratulations Rawlins!!
Congrats!
So excited for this young man! Go Aggies!
A real stable genius!
That is amazing
Bravoo!! VanJones68 look!
ChristaAllan Fantastic!!!
Why didn't they mention gay? No heterosexual males smile like that. None.
Good job young man. Very smart and talented
Congratulations young man! I would love to see where you end up in this world. Anything is possible!
How does one obtain a 4.7 gpa? I understand the premise of incentivizing students to take AP or dual enrollment classes by weighting those grades. (1.05 or 1.1 x numerical grade actually earned) but to get to 4.7, a student’s gpa is boosted by 17.5%. Need to know 4.7/? 5?
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i hope that kid gets identified by intelligence if he proves himself i hope he goes on to do more than end up a stock boy i hope he does something with his head like head oriented work like something that's mostly head work that's what i'm in now but i'm in bizarro intel world
i could teach HTML at the recovery center i was told i have the opportunity to teach a class at a mental health rehabilitation center and i'm cool i'll do that that strikes me as extremely university teaching at a mental health recovery center something like that is university
then there's the weed out class he has to take which is a purposefully extremely difficult class just to see if he's hardcore enough to graduate
i had that smile on my face i received a $1500 a year scholarship to UC and then i got a c in a drawing class and lost it my trail of academic tears oh the woe all the woe is me i did end up with an apartment though i got a hell of a rap to lay on someone which is cool
newschannelnine When did the scale change? Straight A's used to be 4.0.
ABC might want to scout him for their social media department would be like getting a young me in social media that kid has a lot of puppy in him you YOU ABC might want that kid in social media in new york city just tell him to respond to everyone
lke that guy that guy can make it in university and that's the kind of person that makes it in university that kind of guy that kind of guy has what it takes and he might not even make a killion dollars but whatever he does he's still smarter than you
yeah that guy looks like he can do university he could play the piano and took 21 AP classes i could play basketball and worked in a restaurant yeah he'll probably do better than i did but like if he ever gets into wee that intelligence can turn psychotic did to me
Do happy for him & his family!🙌🏽
we're proud of YOU, Mom
Whoa!! Since when did abc news start giving a male any credit? Thought they were too woke for that. Anyway, Good job brother!! Change the world!
You know we have alot of black kids doing great things just so you know that.
Didn't know a 4.7 was possible. Congratulations!
Rawlin Tate Jr is the best example to follow for any teen.
Always represent the ancestors! Good job 👏🏾 young man BlackTwitter BlackExcellence
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Good for him. But tbh, so? There were over 40 students with 5.0's higher in my graduating class years ago and quite a few were African American. Its really not that hard; actually pretty sad I guess that the school hasn't had ANY African Americans4.7 when you think about it. 2-2
Good job young man! Hard work payed off! You are a example to today's youth.
So proud of you. Congratulations.
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There's good reason I don't call black people African American , because there are many black countries & it's almost impossible to guess where a black person or any race is from really
Well done!✌️🏝🇯🇲👋🏻🖤🇨🇦🦁😎🌞
Awesome... good for him and he looks like Keenan Thompson
Congratulations Rawlin! Your honor is so well deserved! Now keep that same drive during college and you’ll do fantastic!
Oh check this out his parents didn’t bribe the educational system RawKnowledge
Congratulations, young man. You make this nation proud!
Awesome!!
And why does it matter that he is black...or white or whatever. This perpetuates racial stereotypes, but the left and the democrats cannot survive without it. They need every black pawn they can get.
Congratulations to Rawlings👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I look forward to seeing where these now opened doors will lead him.
That’s awesome! Role models like this will help make America great again and keep America great.
Superb! May he be the first of many!
AWESOME sauce!!!🤩
Why does his color matter? He's a member of the human race, that's all that matters.
Brilliant!!
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