article_snippet.sent: Holmes was a shy teen who graduated with highest honors from the University of California, Riverside, and then applied for elite doctoral programs.
article_snippet.sent: Holmes landed at the University of California, Riverside Anschutz Medical Campus near Denver, one of just six students awarded entry into the exclusive doctoral program in June 2011.
article_snippet.sent: Holmes also earned a National Institutes of Health grant for top performers.
article_snippet.sent: But by Holmes second semester, Holmes was flunking key exams and wasn't asked to join Holmes professors' labs.
article_snippet.sent: A month before the shooting, Holmes officially withdrew from the University of California, Riverside and saw Holmes psychiatrist one last time before, according to Holmes classmates, Holmes fell out of sight.