Gates Scholar Akayla Brown Decides to Attend Howard University
Akayla Brown picked an HBCU as her college choice.
Akayla Brown- photo credit- Facebook
Like many high school seniors who are heading to college in the fall, Akayla Brown recently had an impactful decision to make about where she would attend college.
The Philadelphia Tribunereported that the highly sought-after Gates Scholar decided her official college pick would be Howard University. Among many requirements of the highly selective Gates Scholarship, applicants who are minority high school seniors must be in good academic standing with a minimum cumulative weighted GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale. The Gates Scholarship website said that the scholarship is awarded to 300 student leaders yearly, with the intent of helping them realize their maximum potential. The ideal candidate is described as someone who is in the top 10% of his or her graduating class.
Bodine High School student Akayla Brown was recently selected as a Gates Scholar for a full scholarship to the university of her choice. The 18-year-old
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Students on the campus of Kutztown University in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Last year, an unprecedented number of high school graduates opted to delay starting college because of concerns over COVID-19. The University of Pennsylvania alone saw a 300% increase in students who took a gap year during the 2020-2021 academic year.
That came as no surprise to Dave Bergman, co-founder of College Transitions, an educational consulting firm that works virtually with students to achieve their higher education goals. When a large percentage of college-bound high schoolers approached his counselors looking for guidance on how the pandemic would affect the college experience, their response was one of caution.
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Carving Two Dream Career Paths I did all kinds of things to keep their attention, says Bronstein, who, after a global-marketing career, channeled his chemistry major and Mermaid Players expertise in the classroom.
Alum recalls watershed moments that spurred two dream careers
by MaryAlice Bitts-Jackson
Alan Bronstein ’66’s life changed dramatically one snowy day in January 1985. Suddenly, he needed to learn an entirely new way of living and working. Eventually, that journey led him to rekindle a long-deferred dream.
The Mermaid (Players) connection
Bronstein, a Philly native, majored in chemistry and economics at Dickinson and got involved with Mermaid Players. After graduation, he enrolled in Temple University’s MBA program with a dream of helping to better the world.