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SUCCESS IN COLLEGE How Kabir Mann achieved success in college by applying the study, communication, and leadership skills learned at Delphian
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abir Mann, a Delphian alum from the class of 2021, was an active member of the student body. He successfully held various leadership roles on the student council, participated in the choir, played on the basketball team, and created in the ceramics studio. After graduating from Delphian, he enrolled at Chapman University in California, where he is set to graduate later this year with a bachelor’s degree in business finance and a minor in analytics. Delphian Magazine: What made you decide to enroll at Chapman? Kabir Mann: There were various reasons, but one of the things that stood out to me when I visited the campus was the statue of Ayn Rand with a quote from her book Atlas Shrugged near statues of Ella Fitzgerald and Abraham Lincoln. Anyone who’s read Atlas Shrugged, which is everyone who has done the Form 7 literature program, knows it is a controversial book, so when choosing a college, I appreciated that Chapman was bold enough to have such a permanent reference to it on campus in such proximity to other thought leaders. The reading and literature program at Delphian helped me truly understand the significance of the statue. It also helped me develop an extensive vocabulary and quickly understand many references in class and socially. When someone mentions a book, I can often say, “I’ve read that.” DM: How was the transition from academics at Delphian to Chapman? KM: I’d say I didn’t have trouble with academics in college mainly because I knew how to use L. Ron Hubbard’s Study Technology™, which I learned at Delphian, and I was consistently able to use it to help me understand the PAGE 20
ABOVE KABIR COMPLETING FORM 8 AT DELPHIAN BELOW KABIR AS A SENIOR IN COLLEGE