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GRADUATES OF 2013 applied to and was accepted to are Yale, Columbia, GeorgeChronicle for the past two town and Duke. years. A look at her resume “Luckily I’ll be attending leaves one wondering how she Yale next fall,” said Yasmeen, found the time. who plans to study political Yasmeen, who lives in science and public relations. Brookside with her parents, “I feel that is a university that Mercedes and Serge and two will challenge me academicalsiblings, participated exten- ly and socially.” She also loved sively in Model United Na- the sense of community she tions, and is an elected Deputy felt while on the Yale campus. Secretary-General. Having lived in L.A. since She also wrote for Mary- her freshmen year—she was mount’s paper, “The Anchor,” born here, but moved to her ran track and served as a father’s country of Cameroon member of the Honor Coun- for seven years—she feels bitcil. tersweet about leaving home. She applied to 15 colleges, “Having heard about the and visited many of them last weather in New Haven, I am summer on a college trip with not looking forward to leaving her dad. Her favorites that she behind my sunny weather.” Nevertheless, “I’m excited for what is to come in college. I’m definitely looking forward to all of the opportunities for growth that I will encounter and all of the interesting, diverse people I SHE PLANS to study political scence and will meet.” public relations at Yale in the fall.
High school grads tell choices (Continued from page 19) While he admits to being a little nervous, “I’m very excited.” As for his parents, Dylan is the youngest, “so I think there’s a little of the empty nest syndrome going on. But we have family out there, so they know I’ll be okay.”
YASMEEN AKOUNOU
Challenge, sense of community lured her to Yale
Recent graduate Yasmeen Akounou has been Marymount High School’s student columnist for the Larchmont
Future nurse is excited about living in Seattle In the midst of the college application process, Hannah Rhodes already knew she wanted to go to Seattle University. She has family there, and had grown to love the city. But the Immaculate Heart senior, and daughter of Catherine Rhodes of Larchmont Village and Richard Rhodes, HANNAH RHODES St. Andrew’s Square, really fell in love with the campus and campus, but it was almost too nursing program on a visit big for me.” there. Hannah, who ran cross Nevertheless, she applied country for four years in to 10 different schools, and high school, climbed Mount visited sevWhitney as a jueral of them. nior and ran the “I loved the L.A. Marathon USC campus, last March, also but the peolikes the Seattle ple and aura weather. “Surwere not for prising, right?” me,” she reshe says. calls. “UCSB When the adwas absolutemissions letter ly stunning SEATTLE campus is to Han- finally arrived, and very en- nah Rhode's liking. “I knew this is vironmenwhere I was going to go.” tally friendly, but didn’t have Hannah says she’s super my major. The University of excited to leave home and Washington was a gorgeous (Please turn to page 22)
Loyola High School Jesuit College Preparatory
College Choices Class of 2013 BELMONT UNIVERSITY
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
BOWDOIN COLLEGE
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
KENYON COLLEGE
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY
BOSTON COLLEGE
CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY
BROWN UNIVERSITY
COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
SANTA MONICA CITY COLLEGE
BRYANT UNIVERSITY
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN LUIS OBISPO
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, POMONA
EAST LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY COLLEGE
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
EL CAMINO COMMUNITY COLLEGE
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
MOUNT SAINT MARY’S COLLEGE
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
GONZAGA UNIVERSITY
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES
HAMPTON UNIVERSITY
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY,
INDIANA UNIVERSITY IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, CHANNEL ISLANDS CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH
NORTHRIDGE
DUKE UNIVERSITY
MARYMOUNT COLLEGE
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY POMONA COLLEGE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY ST. ANDREWS UNIVERSITY ST. BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY
STANFORD UNIVERSITY SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY TEMPLE UNIVERSITY TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE
ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
ST. JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MERCED
ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, BOULDER UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY OF OREGON UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN SAINT LOUIS YALE UNIVERSITY
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