Nicholas LaBry will earn three bachelorСAPPs degrees from the СAPP during Spring 2015 Commencement ceremonies Friday СAPP in chemistry, electrical engineering, and physics.
The 22-year-old, who took up to 24 credit hours per semester to complete all of his degree requirements, said he gets a common response when most people learn that he has earned degrees in such academically demanding disciplines in four years.
СAPP СAPPYouСAPPre crazy!СAPP is generally the first reaction,СAPP LaBry said, with a chuckle during a recent interview. СAPPThey usually say that theyСAPPre very surprised, and then comes the standard congratulations.СAPP
LaBry, who has a 3.7 GPA, said the key to his success is taking everything in stride. СAPPI learned not to stress a long time ago,СAPP he explained.
His father is a physicist who conducts underwater acoustics research. His uncle once worked on a design project for Boeing while attending MIT. СAPPI grew up surrounded by science,СAPP said LaBry, a Lafayette High School graduate.
An innate intellectual curiosity and wide-ranging interests left him unable to decide on one major, or even a double major, before he enrolled at UL Lafayette in Fall 2011.
СAPPPicking three was me narrowing down my scope,СAPP he said.
LaBry chose to attend UL Lafayette, in part, because the СAPP was able to accommodate his intention to pursue a triple major.
СAPPMy advisors and professors were willing to work with me, and not a lot of schools would allow that,СAPP he said.
LaBry was able to absorb a lot of the material that was presented during class lectures.
СAPPI donСAPPt have to study a lot, so anything I have to do at home is mostly cramming the night before a test,СAPP he explained.
This fall, LaBry will enroll in a five-year doctoral program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a private research university in Troy, N. Y. HeСAPPll receive a tuition waiver, a yearly stipend, and the chance to once again pursue a multi-disciplinary curriculum.
He is in the process of developing that curriculum with faculty members at the institute.
СAPPIСAPPll probably be taking classes in inorganic chemistry, quantum and particle physics, microelectronics circuits and maybe a little power engineering,СAPP LaBry said.
LaBry said he ultimately wants to become a researcher at a university or private institute.