This week, we started our new class with Camille, who is teaching us about clean water. In the beginning of class, we watched a movie called Flow, which informed us about water systems around the world and the dangers that the world is facing concerning clean water supply. I found this class the most interesting because I want to be an ...
So far, the program is very interesting. I'm becoming close to all the people in the program as well as learning a lot from our professors. On Thursday, we had a seminar on clean water with Camille, another Ph.D. student at Stanford University. During the class, we watched a documentary on the privatization of water by multinational ...
Attending an Abbey Road program is an opportunity that few kids my age can seize, and I can tell you, within the short time I've been here, it's practically paid for itself! I've changed a lot as a person and have learned new and exciting things. Tomorrow the group heads to San Francisco, and I can hardly wait for the fun times we'll have in ...
Leadership Academy students got their first taste of class yesterday in Lonjezo Hamisi's course on international relations. In the afternoon, they explored Stanford's campus and downtown Palo Alto and did some shopping. After dinner, the guys - Austin, Jared, and John - used their engineering skills to create the ultimate hang-out room. They ...
When I first arrived at Stanford University, I was nervous, but as soon as I settled in I was eased to realize that everyone was in the same position as me. After only one day, I realized that I would be making friendships that would last a lifetime. Everyone I have met at the Stanford program is more than welcoming, and my program director, ...
Hey, this is John. Monday was the first day of the Abbey Road Leadership Academy at Stanford University, in Palo Alto, California. There are only three guys here at the program, so we became friends by the end of the first day. On Tuesday, we had an international relations class taught by Lonjezo Hasami, a Ph.D student. He was extremely ...
Hello from the beautiful town of Palo Alto! After a long day of traveling, Abbey Road Programs' 2013 Leadership Academy at Stanford University has officially begun! The students were given some time to settle in, and then we all headed to dinner at a wonderful Mexican restaurant in Palo Alto called La Morenita. We're all turning in pretty ...
It's almost the end of the two week long college prep course, but it feels as though we just got started. We have taken four SAT practice tests throughout the course, and each time I see how much I have improved. From my first SAT test to my second, I had already improved by two hundred points! I have not received my third test back you, but ...
This session has passed by so fast! Both sessions did, actually. I can't believe that I've been in Boston for about a month... We've done so much, yet so little in comparison to this large, busy city. This past week has been tiring; we had a lot of SAT prep and homework, we started our college essays, and we took two practice SAT exams. On ...
Amid the business of SAT testing and college preparation courses, students have had the chance this week to visit two college campuses: Boston University and Northeastern. Home to the huskies, Northeastern University is a competitive research institution known most for its business and engineering programs. Its extensive co-op program ...