About College and Beyond: Mark Leschinsky, 2024 Coke Scholar, Bergen County Academies High School, New Jersey.

About College and Beyond: Mark Leschinsky, 2024 Coke Scholar, Bergen County Academies High School, New Jersey.

Author: Venkat Raman June 27, 2024 Duration: 42:49

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Every year the Coca Cola Scholars Foundation awards a select set of High School Seniors the Coca Cola Scholarship. Chase is a 2024 Coke Scholar. 

In this Podcast, Mark talks about his passion for filmmaking and student-run film festival SWIFF, Winning the Coca-Cola Scholarship, his college search process, and his advice to High Schoolers. #CokeScholars

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In particular, we discuss the following with him: 

  • Who is Mark Leschinsky?
  • Filmmaking & Student Film Festival
  • Winning the Coke Scholarship
  • College Process
  • Advice for High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • Introducing Mark Leschinsky, Coke Scholar []
  • Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
  • Who is Mark Leschinsky? []
  • High School Interests []
  • Filmmaking Passion []
  • Student Film Festival []
  • Why Coke Scholarship? []
  • The Interview []
  • Winning the Coke Scholarship []
  • Other Scholarships []
  • The College Process []
  • Choosing Stanford []
  • College Readiness []
  • Advice for High Schoolers []

Our Guest: Mark Leschinsky is a 2024 Coke Scholar, and a recent graduate of Bergen County Academies High School, New Jersey. Mark will be a Freshman at Stanford University in Fall 2024.

Memorable Quote: “ I mean, I've always really enjoyed, you know, working with other people, working towards a common goal.” Mark Leschinsky.

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