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  • Student takes one year to complete 4-year U.Va. degree

    09/20/2006 2:18:11 AM PDT · by leadpenny · 203 replies · 4,264+ views
    CHARLOTTESVILLE (AP) - With college tuition rising to record levels across the country, one University of Virginia student figured out a way to save himself from the crush of student-loan debt. The solution? He finished college in just one year. David Banh, of Annandale, is the first person ever to complete U.Va.'s traditional four-year bachelor's program in a single year. "I was impressed _ I would say amazed," said Donald Ramirez, vice chairman of the mathematics department. Banh, who turns 19 later this month, graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria in 2005. A year and a summer later,...