About College and Beyond: Sarah, 2023 Coke Scholar, American Heritage School, Broward Campus, Florida.

About College and Beyond: Sarah, 2023 Coke Scholar, American Heritage School, Broward Campus, Florida.

Author: Venkat Raman August 10, 2023 Duration: 30:57

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Every year the Coca Cola Scholars Foundation awards a select set of High School Seniors the Coca Cola Scholarship. Sarah is a 2023 Coke Scholar. 

In this Podcast, Sarah talks about her passion for CS & AI, Winning the Coca Cola Scholarship, her college search process, and his advice for high schoolers. #CokeScholars

In particular, we discuss the following with her: 

  • Who is Sarah?
  • Extracurricular Interests
  • Winning the Coke Scholarship
  • College Process
  • Advice for High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • Introducing Sarah Dufays, Coke Scholar []
  • Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
  • Who is Sarah Dufays? []
  • High School Interests []
  • CS & AI []
  • Why Tech? []
  • Why Coke Scholarship? []
  • The Interview []
  • College Process []
  • Scholarship Applications []
  • Future Priorities []
  • Advice to High Schoolers []

Our Guest: Sarah Dufays is a 2023 Coke Scholar, and a recent graduate of American Heritage Schools, Broward Campus, Florida. Sarah will be a Freshman at MIT in Fall 2023.

Memorable Quote:And I definitely struggle with FOMO [Fear Of Missing Out]. But academically. And it often leads me to sign up for way too many things that I don't have time for. So I think one of my priorities is in college not doing that, you know, and instead, I'm kind of pushing myself to have that balanced, ideal life that I think I need to be at my best. So that's one of my priorities there.” Sarah Dufays.

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