Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Sabrina Ma
Leadership Studies
Notes:
Danny Levy
Felipe de Paz
College Apps
keep journaling, blogging and anything else that helps you
remember where youve been and who you were
DONT PROCRASTINATE
be genuine, dont overdo it on the SAT words
dont take admission rejections so personally
3 salient points
never forget your priorities or moral code
measure your success by your happiness
dont let your life revolve around studying, have some fun and
find yourself in high school
brief bio: came from a very wealthy family, competed in HUGE golf
tournaments and got a scholarship to US college for golf, co-founded
Forpax Solutions (non-profit) which turns waste paper into notebooks,
started cultural-immersion program,citizen of the world, gave up his
passion of golf to try academics and ended up loving it and is now an
entrepreneur
expectation on the college experience
you may end up changing your path golf
economics and business
dont procrastinate your interests in high school because it will
Shreya Indukuri
Erica Ma
Ivy Xing
read more and stay updated on news because it will make you a
better person and citizen
Kimberly Han
Brief bio: born in Ohio, grew up in South Korea & Cali, swept up in
Silicon Valley & business but decided to pursue her passion of filmmaking, engaged in film societies, started a film-distribution company,
father stayed behind in Korea to work, started girl tech club because
there is not enough involvement in the tech field from women, all about
women-empowerment, the Incredibles was the movie that motivated
her to look at film
From tech geek to movie geek
threw herself into tech, finance, law, policy, journalism, etc. and
wasnt satisfied
didnt want to be filmmaker because it would disappoint her
parents
not a solid career, a bit scary
wants to pursue it anyhow because she has a passion for
it
College Admissions
rejected by MIT and quite offended by the rejection
in retrospect, glad she didnt go to MIT because it let her
discover and work towards her real passions
reflections in paris
loves traveling, loves Paris and France
the city helped her realize the beauty of life and doing what you
love to do
Youyang Gu
Jeremy Fiance
4 salient points
o Figure out what you want to do, and do it until it works
o The world does not take care of you, you have to fight for what
you want
o you are an average of the 5 people you spend the most time
with
o Your test scores may be great but to get into the college you
want you need to do something real and meaningful that
separates you from the numbers
4 salient points
o Balance is the most important skill to have in college
o Not everything can be planned in advance and in fact, some of
the most important events in your life can be unexpected
o Pursue friends, extracurriculars and internships because they
are the only things that will keep you academically sane
o Dont be afraid to network and reach out to people that you may
not know because it will DEFINITLEY help you in the future
Max Song
Sophie Mann
Angela Wang
Enrico Bonatti
4 salient points
o Take a step back and reevaluate what is worth focusing your time
and energy on
o Failing can do more for you than succeeding ever will
o Dont be afraid to change the way you look and not conform
o Take time to be with friends and relax, even if you feel like you dont
have the time make the time
4 salient points
o If youre ever given to change to travel take it because it will
broaden who you are
o Making mistakes only makes you better in the long run
o Do what you have to do but make sure you make time to do what
you like too
o Surround yourself with good people who want to see you succeed