Welcome to College Summit

In Students' Words

Across the country, thousands of students attend College Workshops each summer. They arrive on a host college’s campus as “rising seniors” and leave four days later as Peer Leaders, students with a postsecondary plan, all the tools to realize that plan, and the leadership skills to create a college-going culture in their own schools.

One of the most challenging tasks they face at the workshop is writing a personal statement for their college applications. Volunteer Writing Coaches guide them through a process of self-examination and creative expression. Students learn to put their heartbeats on paper. They not only discover their voices; they discover that their stories have the power to shatter our notions of where talent lives.

Below, is a small pool of voices from the deep ocean of talent that College Summit nurtured during the summer of 2007.

Talented Voices 2007

California

Darnell Copes
Sylmar High School

Meisha Reneau
Inglewood High School

Stephanie Rujiraviriyapinyo
Sylmar High School

Colorado

 Yuliana Andrade
Montbello High School

 Stasia Jones

 DeShawn Ray

 Caitlin Larsen Rios
South High School

 Daniel Ward
Montbello High School

National Capital Region

Tracy Asiedu "Appreciate Education"
Duval Senior High School

LaDashia Daughtry "Sisterly Love"
Crossland High School

Phillip Herring "My Little Brother"
Suitland High School

Oluwatope Egwuronu "The EnvironMentors Fair: Being Assertive"

St. Louis

Isaiah Jenkins III
Beaumont High School

Anthony Royston "The Good and Bad of a Hard Time"
Clyde C. Miller Academy

CoCo-Chanel Shotwell
Vashon High School

South Carolina

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West Virginia

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Other Sites

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