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Blog Archive: Vermont Spotlights
When college-bound Rhiana Carr was starting her final year at Fair Haven Union High School and thinking about next steps, the top-ranked college just 18 miles down the road from her home in Orwell wasn鈥檛 initially on her application list. Even though Middlebury College was very familiar to her鈥攇iven鈥
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BryAnna Goslant became interested in criminal justice when she was recovering from extensive hip surgery her sophomore year in high school.
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When Mikayla Powell was born, her parents were still kids themselves. 鈥淢y mom and dad were just teenagers. There are pictures from their high school graduation with me in it,鈥 she says.
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Allyson Ratz, 17, has always been interested in how things are put together. Whether it鈥檚 the individual strokes of one of her award-winning pencil drawings, how the lines of a classic rock song can tell a story of social change, or how the release of chemicals inside the brain can influence a鈥
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Nicole was a straight-A student throughout her high school years at Ygnacio Valley High School; but when she went on to community college right after graduation, she left after one semester.
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Lucas Roberts was ahead of the game: He had finished all his high school requirements, save for one English class, by the end of his junior year at Twinfield Union High School.
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Natasha Sankgasoot says she wants to help people fight illness and gain better health through good nutrition, and once again, her inspiration starts close to home.
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Although McKayla Marble is an only child, she鈥檚 played the important 鈥渂ig sister鈥 role a few times for younger children in her community: first as a foster 鈥渟ibling鈥 and more recently as a regular babysitter for a three-year-old boy in her hometown of Johnson.
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When Matthew Couture shared how he rescued and adopted a hurt cat he came across with his now-wife, it wasn鈥檛 a surprise.
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For Katrina Tao, it's all a waiting game the next few weeks. The current senior at Brattleboro Union High School is hoping letters of acceptance will start rolling in soon. 鈥淚鈥檓 not going to lie; waiting to hear back is nerve-wracking,鈥 she admits. Katrina has applied to more than 12 colleges with鈥
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