Drexel Awarded Sky a Full-Ride Scholarship. He Hadn't Even Started Applying!
Sky Harper, a Goldwater, Truman & Udall Scholar is a Chemistry Major
Sky Harper is a Goldwater, Truman and Udall Scholar who is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry at Pennoni Honors College Drexel University, Pennsylvania.
Passion for STEM
Sky was a very active student in high school - inside and outside the classroom.
He was into Sciences & Writing and Science research projects. He was also very involved in the Student Government.
He was the President of the Student Body in his senior year.
But in the end, he always found time to cultivate his passion for STEM.
His school didn’t have any fancy equipments for STEM research, or any partnerships with big businesses or labs,
But with the resources the school had, they did different team based research projects.
Int’l Science Fairs
Research took him to the International Science Fairs starting in the sophomore year.
In his sophomore, junior and senior year of high school, he qualified for the International Science and Engineering Fair, each of those years.
In Spring, he would travel from science fair to science fair, presenting posters, and just going to all these different competitions.
In his Junior year, he advanced to the International Science & Engineering Fair in 2019.
It was being held in Phoenix, AZ that year.
There were 2000 different students from 70+ countries.
And he was there participating, having fun,
When at the special award ceremony, they were starting to talk about Drexel University Awards.
Sky wasn't quite listening.
Drexel Wanted Sky!
Suddenly, Sky saw his name flashing on the screen the announcing that he had been Awarded the Drexel University Scholarship!!
Sky hadn’t even started looking at colleges or even applying since this was one his junior year.
But he felt Drexel already had said they would fully support him long before he had event started the process.
Even after getting the scholarship, he did apply successfully to other schools,
But in the end, he already knew he was going to attend Drexel, just because personally, he felt really supported and really happy that he had earned his place there!
Drexel Honors College
Once Sky had decided on Drexel, he thought why not apply to the Pennoni Honors College at Drexel.
He researched what the Honors College was about on their website;
The Honors Program emphasized critical thinking, stepping outside of your discipline and felt it was open to learning in general;
It included undergraduate research and enrichment program and fellowship advising,
And Sky just thought it was a great opportunity, so why not apply for it?
He applied to the Honors College at Drexel and was accepted!
On with the Podcast
In this Podcast, Sky Harper shares his undergraduate college journey at Pennoni Honors College at Drexel University, Passion for Research, Winning the Goldwater Scholarship, The Truman Scholarship, Majoring in Chemistry, and Advice for High Schoolers.
Listen to Sky Harper of Drexel University: Goldwater Scholar, Chemistry, and Truman & Udall Scholarships. (38-Minute Listen).
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Venkat