About College and Beyond: Suraj Reddy, 2024 Coke Scholar, Charter School of Wilmington, Delaware.

About College and Beyond: Suraj Reddy, 2024 Coke Scholar, Charter School of Wilmington, Delaware.

Author: Venkat Raman June 25, 2024 Duration: 45:05

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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, Suraj talks about his passion for STEM and Innovation, ISMER Research, 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 Suraj Reddy?
  • ISMER
  • Winning the Coke Scholarship
  • College Process
  • Advice for High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • Introducing Suraj Reddy, Coke Scholar []
  • Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
  • Who is Suraj Reddy? []
  • High School Interests []
  • ISMER []
  • The Back Story []
  • Delaware Space Association []
  • Gold Medal Congressional Award[]
  • Why Coke Scholarship? []
  • The Coke Scholarship Application []
  • The Interview []
  • The Coke Scholarship Difference []
  • Other Scholarships []
  • The College Process []
  • Choosing MIT []
  • Why not Material Science? []
  • Future Readiness []
  • Advice for High Schoolers []

Our Guest: Suraj Reddy is a 2024 Coke Scholar, and a recent graduate of Charter School of Wilmington, Delaware. Suraj will be a Freshman at MIT in Fall 2024.

Memorable Quote: “...I was always really inspired by my seniors, you know, people who I could look up to and say, Oh, that's a cool thing that they did. You know, maybe, oh, I didn't know this was possible. You know, it really showed me that, you know, these people who are making changes, as you know, age, age didn't matter for them, you know, it was just something that they did.” Suraj Reddy.

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