CGS Reports Record Applicants
From 2013 to 2014, direct applicants to CGS rose approximately 100 percent, and inquiries into the College rose 420 percent. CGS has seen “lots of enthusiasm and high numbers at all the open houses and in all the inquiries from those who plan to apply,” says Interim Dean Natalie McKnight.
CGS is riding the trend taking place across the University, which noted a record-breaking 54,161 applicants between 2013 and 2014. The Class of 2018 is an impressive group of students from the United States and around the world with talents as diverse as their backgrounds. Members of the class…
- Founded a nonprofit that helps orphans in India and raised more than $1 million for its work
- Played piano with jazz musician Wynton Marsalis (Hon.’92)
- Received an Emmy nomination for an original musical composition
- Started a basketball league for children with autism
- Performed in the Broadway production Mary Poppins
- Developed a new model for measuring breast cancer biomarkers through research
- Founded a service learning initiative to address the academic achievement gap
- Formed a Texas Junior Roller Derby League
- Established three educational computer labs in Nassau for underserved Bahamian children
- Designed costumes for Broadway shows
- Won the jury prize at SXSW in the high school filmmakers category
- Competes on the US karate team
- Used microscopic worms to study human addiction
- Competes as a nationally ranked chess player
- Wrote and published a young adult novel
- Trains puppies to become guide dogs for the blind
- Builds PCs for engineers and architects
- Plays the harp for the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
- Founded a company that specializes in app development and web design
- Won an award for cybersecurity research
- Lives on a cactus farm
- Runs an advice blog for teenagers
- Delivered a speech to the Israeli parliament