The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/high_school/)
High school students are uncertain regarding the usefulness of standardized testing in college admissions amid low scores nationwide and data revealing score disparities between different income brackets.
Dakota Tseng won the Tompkins County Board of Elections “I voted” sticker contest with a design that features a cat in a field of flowers.
I cannot say for certain how hard I worked to gain admission to Ithaca’s heights, but I can certainly say that I am working hard to develop and sharpen my personal and professional skills at Cornell. And I encourage you to do the same.
I could easily have gone through high school without writing a single line of code.
The one computer science course I did take was selected on a whim, a simple space-filler for my senior year schedule. Science and math were enjoyable enough, and tech seemed like the next unexplored realm. But I was also on the edge of taking a random biotechnology elective, zoology class or just leaving the space free to take extra naps. There was little to no initiative — or requirement — to learn about computing other than the fact that I found phone apps addictive and played around with Scratch when I was a kid. AP Computer Science had the same weight as my elective journalism or strings classes, not AP Chemistry or AP Language and Composition.
As area high schools closed, seniors found their own ways to commemorate graduating, helped with support from community members.
Cornell’s announcement to temporarily suspend testing requirements for admissions has prompted both positive and negative reactions from current high school juniors and Cornell students.
Next time you’re visiting home, stop into your high school, especially if you haven’t been back in a while.
On Sept. 28, student activists David Hogg and Samantha Fuentes, survivors of the shooting in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., will be giving a talk about the impact of engaged and empowered youth.
When Bailey Landow ’21 first came to Cornell as a rising high school junior as part of the Cornell Summer College, she became certain of two things: That Cornell would be her first-choice college, but also that she was ready to work and live in an entirely new environment.
The high-schoolers joined their peers across the country as they marched out of their classrooms to protest Congress’ lack of action on gun control.