College Opportunities

On Saturday, October 18 at the Officer's Club, a Pathways to College event was in session, hosted by the Tiger Woods Foundation, and the following week on Tuesday, October 20, during school, an Education Fair was also scheduled at the Officer's Club. Mainly high school students attended both these functions, for example, senior Octavia Borden attended both these events and when questioned why she went, she replied "because I wanted to try to learn some new things, to experience more about college.” Upon going, Octavia listed that she had learned “how to apply for financial aid, how to write an essay and build a tower with two pieces of paper and tape.” Overall, her favorite college was Savannah’s College of Art and Design (SCAD), which she already had in mind. During her experience she enjoyed “the funny teachers and how they were real with you because they had recently been through college.” She admitted that she would recommend this program to other people because it will help them in the long run when applying to college.

Sophomore Lauren Lemon had also attended the Pathways to College event and when asked why, she admitted “because I thought it would benefit my education." During the event, she said that not only had she learned how to properly submit an admissions form, but decided that, she knew for sure, she wanted to go to Stanford Univeristy in California, a private school. Throughout the experience, Lauren said “I most enjoyed the food and the teachers because they were cool and funny,” and when asked if she would recommend this program to other people she responded enthusiastically with “yes, definitely because it really enlightens you.”