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"I'm pretty excited," Blais said. "It was something I applied for on a whim at the beginning of the year, being a senior and all, but there was a vacancy in my state I never expected it would come this far."
Because Rhode Island did not have a Truman Scholar last year, Blais said, the national selection committee allowed state residents who were seniors to apply as well as juniors.
An economics concentrator, Blais finished his thesis--an analysis of the effect of credit cards on consumption--at 10 p.m., the day before his Truman finalist interview; he got two hours of sleep the night before his interview.
Blais said that he discussed his desire to enter public service during most of the interview.
Blais wrote his application policy memo on the problem of low-income housing.