Off the Beaten Path

Since middle school, Gabby Basler has had an interest in studying abroad, and since her mom speaks Italian, applying to school in Rome seemed to be a smart choice. Basler applied to the American University of Rome (AUR), as well as a few colleges in the United States. When trying to make a final decision, AUR ended up being the cheapest option, despite its distance from the United States. In add...

Anne Hong will be attending a six-year program at Rutgers University to study pharmacy. She first heard of the program after living in New Jersey, the college’s location, for eight years. Hong applied to several four-year programs, but after analyzing her options, the six-year program looked the best. “The six-year program would save time. And I would be able to get in the job sooner than i...

Despite having gone to LHS for almost all four years of high school, Emily Moubayed lived in Canada prior to moving to Libertyville. This spawned her desire to return to Canada for college. Moubayed will attend McGill University in Montreal next year. All of the schools she applied to were in Canada; these schools are all located in Toronto, Montreal or somewhere in between those two cities, “so...

Daniel Oh has wanted to be a doctor ever since middle school. As a child, Oh had asthma and allergies to an abundance of foods and animals, so he was at the doctor’s office a lot. He said he would not have the same success today had it not been for the doctors: “I’m here today because of medicine, and I just want to pay that forward in order to help other people who are not as fortunate as me...

Although some people would be scared to go into the military, Ryan O’Malley feels differently: “I’ve personally already come to the realization that there’s a danger factor in whatever, but [going into the Army’s] a certain ambition that I have.” O’Malley has not always been interested in the military; he originally committed to play football at University of Illinois but decommitted...

When it comes to choosing a college, many people feel as though going to college outside of the midwest is too far away from home. For some, this is not the case; even leaving the United States is not too far. This is how Becca Smrz felt when deciding where to go to college. When she attended the College of Lake County college fair, Smrz talked to a representative from University College Dublin...

In a culture that is so college-driven, people tend to forget there are other options than attending college right after graduation. Ima Hogberg-Wasemann decided to take advantage of this and took the initiative to take a gap year following the end of high school. Although she had always had a gap year on her radar, “it wasn't until the school trip last summer, for the Caring for Cambodia club,...

While some students with military and college ambitions decide to join Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) at their college, Addison Whitney decided to get both of these experiences by going to the Air Force Academy in Colorado. The Air Force Academy offers people interested in serving in the Air Force with a college experience in addition to military training. Whitney explained that “it's a f...