College Preparation Talk by Kalven Goreal

EqOpTech is pleased to host a college talk to prepare our high school volunteer interns for college. Mr. Goreal will be joined by 2 LAHS graduate to share their personal experience about best-fit college, crafting your story, Insights into non-published admission requirements, their journey through the CommonApp and Coalition process etc.

Where: The View Teen Center,  Castro Room, 263 Escuela Avenue, Mountain View

Agenda:

Kalven Goreal, Professional Writing Coach

1.    We are here to craft your story, but what does that really mean?

2.    I do lots of different activities, am I setting myself up for great opportunities?

3.    What colleges love to see in a high school student

4.    How do we identify our strengths and talk about them to someone that doesn’t know me?

6.    Taking Calculated Risks, be different, especially when you see a possible impact

7.    Develop skills that will continue being used (how we can do that) and be sure to give back!

8.    What we write and what we write about, what kind of stories are involved, and examples?

9.  Why we write the way that we write, with a narrative flair that sparks the mind

10.  Writing Timeline: UC’s/Common-Coalition/Supplementary,

and more…

Slide Deck Presentation here

Student Panel Discussion Q&A by Kevin Gao & Terence Lee:

Kevin Gao, rising freshman at UC Berkeley, President of EqOpTech 2018-2019

Terence Lee, rising sophomore at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Founder of EqOpTech

Courtesy of Joshua Kung, Intern at EqOpTech

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