




We are a group of ten juniors and two sophomores who are lucky to have been accepted to be members of the Ivy League Connection (ILC). The ILC gives West Contra Costa Unified School District students the opportunity to attend summer enrichment programs at Ivy League universities.
Through the ILC, the students in our group will be taking courses on either Women and Leadership, International Financial Markets and Investments, or Techniques in DNA-Based Biotechnology at Brown University in the summer of 2010.
Our participation in this program will help prepare us for the rigors of life at selective universities while making us better leaders on our campuses and in our communities.
As we prepare for this adventure, throughout our time at Brown and even after we return we’ll be sharing our experiences and our thoughts through this blog. We hope you can join us and share what we’re going through and learning. Your thoughts and comments will always be welcome and we invite you to add to this blog.
Note: the images used in the above slideshow are from
http://brown.edu/Administration/Photos/photos2.html
and used with the permission of Scott Turner, Director of Web Communications at Brown University.
Thanks Cynthia,
ReplyDeleteThis is exactly the kind of post that we had hoped to read. Our next set of ILC students will greatly benefit from your insightful and comprehensive post.
In life you will learn that making good decisions and using good judgment is vital to a great life. Whatever you decide, you are now fully informed and can say with certainty that you chose the school that best fit your needs. I am thrilled that the Ivy League Connection was able to provide you this opportunity.
You have paid us back with huge dividends with this written post and the lovely photos. I got a big laugh when I saw you with the Brown Bear.
Cynthia, you have grown a great deal through the years. I remember you going off to Penn two years ago. Man, how times flys. I would hope that you would review your posts from two summers ago and see how much you have grown as a young person. Now is your time to reflect, process and then ultimately decide.
No matter where you end up we wish you well and hope that you felt good about your involvement with the Ivy League Connection.
Take care.
Charles T. Ramsey, Esq.
School Board Member
West Contra Costa
Unified School District
Dear Cynthia,
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! Your posts and descriptions are all making me wish June would come quicker! I can't wait and thank you for publishing your posts.
Cynthia,
ReplyDeleteWow! These are great. You made it seem much more concrete. Thank you so much for posting!