CLAS scholarship recipients and National Merit, National Achievement, and National Hispanic Scholars were also honored during the annual ceremony. Converse, who has maintained a 3.19 GPA as a student of political science, plans to graduate in December. Next fall she hopes to attend law school. When asked how becoming Miss USA would change her life, she explains that she's taking it all one step at a time. Right now I'm concentrating on preparing for the pageant mentally and physically, and I'm lining up my sponsors.
Sponsors are crucial since competing can be very expensive.
Converse has been competing in pageants since she was 11. You get bitten by the bug. Gator Debaters Receive National Ranking After excellent performances in their season's first two tournaments, the Gator Debaters are ranked fourth in the nation. They made it all the way to the semi-final round. Although the gator debaters attract students from many different UF colleges, Liberal Arts and Sciences students make up the majority of the participants.