Ameen Barghi: Oak Mountain Alum Named Rhodes Scholar
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Over the Mountain Journal
A graduate of Oak Mountain High School was recently elected to the Rhodes Scholar Class of 2015.
Ameen Barghi, a student at the University of Alabama, was the third UAB student since 2000 named as a Rhodes Scholar.
The 2015 competition began with a pool of 877 applicants nominated by their colleges and universities across the nation. Recently, 256 of those students were interviewed in groups of 16 in 16 separate districts. Two winners were chosen from each group.
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