Everett Banks, the son of a Stanford social psychologist and a law professor, is a senior high school student from California who will be attending Morehouse College as a prospective psychology major next fall. As a younger student, Mr. Banks wasn’t interested in education and was often bored at school, but as he saw his skills improve in other domains like sports, he recognized how the same mindset could be applied to his education. The primary change came about when he recognized that the pursuit of knowledge was a higher motivating factor than good grades. That realization honed a belief that the education system must change to fully instill a culture of intellectualism, curiosity and love of learning. Aside from psychology and education policy, Everett is also fascinated by economics, sociology and philosophy and looks forward to studying them all during college.