devoted himself to his studies

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As the saying goes “Every cloud has a silver lining,”. Minjun devoted himself to his studies while trying to prepare to retake college entrance exam, and finally he was accepted to medical school.

If I have made any errors, please correct them.
 
I'm not sure how the saying fits here.
 
Also, the punctuation after the word "lining" is a mess.
 
I'm not sure how the saying fits here.

How about "failure is the mother of success"?

Minjun devoted himself to his studies while [STRIKE]trying to prepare[/STRIKE] preparing to retake college entrance exam, and finally he was accepted into medical school.
 
I would say:

Munjin devoted himself to his studies while preparing to retake the college entrance exam ....
 
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