How One Class Got to College: Class of 2010 Student Profiles

A look inside the college admissions process for several high school seniors

August 16, 2010 RSS Feed Print

The only way to fully understand the journey from high school to college is to experience its highs and lows firsthand. Shortcuts are few. Still, there is much that you can learn from others' paths. To help you, we asked eight students from the class of 2010 at Sumner Academy of Arts and Science in Kansas City, Kan., what worked well, or perhaps failed spectacularly, for them as they chose the the school where their college lives now begin.

Student Profiles:

Nubia Gomez
Alyssa Jones
Carlos Fernández
Edgar Javalera
Jerell Cotton
Michael Abed
Pamela Williams
William Ash

Check out all of the student profiles from this year and years past on the Student Profiles page.

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