About College and Beyond: Rebecca Youngers of Dowling Catholic High School, Iowa.

Rebecca shares her passion for writing & journalism, her broad range of interests in high school, how she went about her college search process, and her advice to college aspirants. In particular, we discuss the following with her: Who is Rebecca Youngers? High School Interests The Future, Priorities College Process Advice for High Schoolers Topics discussed in this episode: Introducing Rebecca Youngers, Dowling Catholic High School [0:37] Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights [1:32] Who is Rebecca Youngers? [4:01] Extracurriculars in High School [5:33] Passion for Journalism [7:20] Senior Year Priorities [9:59] About the Future [12:01] College Search Process [13:18] The Challenges [15:38] The Surprises [17:48] Guidance through the College Process [19:33] Making the College Decision [21:26] Advice to Applicants [24:40] Closing Thoughts [26:47] Our Guest: Rebecca Youngers is a recent graduate of Dowling Catholic High School, Des Moines Iowa. She will be a Freshman at UT Austin in Fall 2022. Memorable Quote: “For high school, I would say don't get yourself worked up over all these AP classes that you're taking or your classmates may be taking or people around the country maybe taking. They're not you, you are your own person, you have your own story to tell.” Rebecca Youngers’ Advice to High Schoolers. Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript. Calls-to-action: Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast Digest. Follow us on Instagram. To Ask the Guest a question, or to comment on this episode, email [email protected]. Subscribe or Follow our podcasts at any of these locations: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify.