Dear College
7 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago -A podcast featuring high school seniors and their college admission and scholarship essays. Because what they say about themselves says a lot about all of us.
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Episode 6: Rashad Brown-Mitchell, Fenway High, 2020
March 07, 2023 18:38 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBThough Rashad Brown-Mitchell was born and raised in Boston, his essay is a tale of two cities. One is the brochure Boston, its prosperous streets lined with historical buildings. The other story reveals Boston's neighborhoods, marred by a stark inequity. In this episode, Rashad shares how the volunteering he did throughout high school wasn’t just to help his community heal, but to help himself heal as his family coped with the loss of their home. His reflections on activism are moving, groun...
Episode 5: Catari Giglio, Fenway High, 2020
February 16, 2023 18:21 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBWhen Catari Giglio was a junior at Boston's West Roxbury Academy, the School Department announced that they were going to close the high school. She and her classmates were told they’d have to transfer for their senior year, piling more chaos onto an already stressful time. But in the face of disappointment, Catari felt something ignite inside her: a fighting instinct. Her college essay shares how she pushed back against what she thought was an unfair decision, discovering a new passion in th...
Episode 4: Anthony Gonzalez, Fenway High, 2020
January 09, 2023 23:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBFenway High senior Anthony Gonzalez (2020) wrote his college essay about "code-switching" -- alternating between two social and cultural norms -- and how he used it to navigate high school.
Episode 3: Salamata Barry, Fenway High, 2019
December 07, 2022 17:43 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBSalamata Barry was born in Guinea. When she was eight years old, she was forced to undergo Female Genital Mutilation, a dangerous cultural custom that left her feeling powerless. Nearly a decade later, Salamata found herself at Fenway High, writing her college application. The resulting essay shows how she regained her voice, and how she plans to use it.
Episode 2: Azadi Charles Sampson, Fenway High, 2018
October 05, 2020 12:56 - 10 minutes - 9.68 MBGrowing up, Azadi’s uncle took him and his cousins to Breakfast IV Brothers: an organization dedicated to fostering connection and mentorship between Black men and boys through monthly breakfasts. In his college essay, Azadi writes how these meetings not only helped him to understand the issues facing his community—they also inspired him to take action toward a solution.
Episode 1: Lissa Frometa Paulino, Fenway High, 2019
July 19, 2020 20:15 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBLissa was raised to ignore the parts of herself that were Black, instead acknowledging only her Dominican heritage. But that changed when the foster care system put her with a family that was proud of their roots, forcing her to confront her own internalized biases about race. In her college essay, “Trips,” Lissa takes listeners on a journey of identity through art, literature, and hairstyles.