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College Panel for DA students

On Thursday, January 11th @ 1 pm I'm hosting a college panel on Zoom for DA students.  I normally offer this in person during the school day but this year I'm doing it on line.  The speakers are all Bloomington grads who attended college in person (this was a little trickier this year) and who will speak to the following topics:-PSEO v. high school-how they choose their college-what they think/thought about their college-how they selected a major-advice they have for you I have asked the following students because they represent a rage of types of schools and experiences:Harry Fronk - U of M Henry Weisman - CarletonAlexa Groenke - U of C Berkeley Jess Wachtler - Wesleyan Connor Meany - Stanford  Topic: College Panel with BPS Graduates Time: Jan 7, 2021 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87976416010?pwd=SGVFcHpVVDF2eFJySmtzZVJ1azJZUT09 Meeting ID: 879 7641 6010 Passcode: Yi35n6
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