EVANMORGANS

What are your post-graduation plans?

This summer I plan on getting a job and going to the gym, get in shape. Then for college, I’m going to the University of the Arts in Philly.

How did you make your decision?

I’ve always been interested in art. I found it a way to get stressed out of the way and deal with emotions. I guess. It’s also just something I like to do, just drawing and got you.

How would you describe your post-grad search?

I was just scrolling through colleges and noticed it was in Philly, and had nice dorms and everything I was looking for. So yeah, it was pretty convenient for me. It was close to home. I was looking at Temple’s program, and their own school called Tyler School of Art. And then at PAFA for fine arts or something? I don’t know. So, yeah, I was looking at a couple of other schools.

What advice do you have?

You shouldn’t feel bad if you’re getting a late start, like if you need to take a gap year or, like collect your thoughts. That’s fine, because not everyone knows what they want to do. Because, you know, not everyone’s as lucky as me to be as interested in something as I am in art. So, you know, you’ll be okay.

What are your post-graduation plans?

I’ll be attending American University, which is in DC, and I’ll be swimming.

How did you make your decision?

So it was a really long process that honestly started freshman year. And it was something that I always knew I wanted to go to college, but I never knew exactly where. But then one of my good friends goes to American and she swims. And after she committed, she told me to look at it. So I did. And it had everything I wanted. I knew that I wanted to major in something to do with law, or English or anything around there. It was perfect to do that in DC. I loved the team atmosphere, and just going down there and getting to interact with the coaches and the swimmers was a really cool experience. What advice do you have?

Get on top of things early. Having a notebook was really helpful for me, especially because when you’re having email interactions or calls with coaches, or you’re just deciding whether you want to reach out to them or not, it’s really great to keep like a pros and cons list just to like keep track of all of it It just really helps to weigh your decision.

What are your post-graduation plans?

I’m going to be taking a gap year. I’ll be going to Kyrgyzstan for a year living with a host family and learning Russian. It’s a government scholarship to study abroad called the National Security Language initiative for Youth…After that I will be attending Georgetown University.

How did you make your decision?

I really love languages. And I’ve been trying to teach myself Russian for the past few years and I’m really excited that I got to take college classes in Russian this year. Especially because I’d done this virtual study abroad before and I really wanted to learn Russian much more intensively because turns out I’m not great with languages, and I needed that final push.

How would you describe your post-grad search?

I found out that it was an option because I knew a few people who had done it who are friends of my older siblings. So I figured I’d apply for it because it seemed amazing, and I was really humbled to get it. They have two options, either a summer program or an academic year program. I didn’t think I’d want to take off an entire year but I thought that’d be a lot better for gaining language proficiency.