Carolyn Norton of Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation: Become a Coke Scholar and Join the Family.

Carolyn was a Second Grade School Teacher in Virginia with a desire to do more in non-profit education. She moved to Atlanta and in a few years landed a role as the Alumni Relations Manager at the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. The Foundation has awarded $78M in scholarships to 6600 Scholars since its founding in 1986. Carolyn gives us an overview of The Coca-Cola Scholarship, How Students can Apply, What they look for in their Scholars, Alumni Network, and Advice for High Schoolers. #CokeScholars. In particular, we discuss the following with her: About Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation What the Foundation is looking for in the Scholars How to Apply What the Scholars receive Advice to Applicants Topics discussed in this episode: Introducing Carolyn Norton, Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation [0:48] Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights [2:02] Carolyn’s Background [4:16] Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation [8:01] Role at the Foundation [9:16] How to Apply for the Scholarship [11:29] What does Coca-Cola look for in the Scholars? [16:53] Changes over the last 2 Decades [18:41] Kinds of Alumni Programs [19:47] What do Scholars get? [24:08] Success Stories - Alumni [26:52] Advice to High Schoolers [32:13] Benefits while in College [35:18] Close: Chronicling Your Activities from 9th Grade [39:44] Our Guest: Carolyn Norton is the Alumni Relations Manager at Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation based in Atlanta. Carolyn graduated from Randolph College with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Memorable Quote: “We've done all kinds of impact studies over the years with them, like surveys and things like that, where we've found that it's, like 80% or so consider the Coke Scholars family, like one of their favorite their top three networks, even more so than college...” Carolyn Norton. Episode Transcript: Please visit this Episode’s Transcript. Podcast Suggestions for High Schoolers: College Experiences Calls-to-action: Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast Newsletter Follow us on Instagram. Subscribe or Follow our podcasts at any of these locations: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify.