Advisory Panel on Student Concerns Is Seeking Representatives from the New England, Midwestern, Middle States, Southern, Southwestern, and Western Regions
Since 1978, members of the Advisory Panel on Student Concerns (APSC) have shared their perspective with College Board staff and the councils and committees on which they serve. The College Board invites you to nominate one student from your institution to serve on the APSC.
We currently are seeking outgoing, articulate students who will be juniors in the 2012–13 school year. Students are expected to
- Make a three year commitment
- Attend three APSC meetings a year, and
- Attend two additionally assigned Committee or Council meetings after their first year.
All travel and lodging expenses will be paid by the College Board.
Potential panel members should be interested in education and community affairs. They should be comfortable with and respectful of peers from different backgrounds. They must be able to travel independently several times a year without negatively affecting their studies. Their parents must be comfortable with the student traveling independently.
Please send your nomination by 5:00 p.m. (EST) on Friday, June 8, 2012. All nominated students and their sponsors will be notified of their status via email by August 20, 2012.
If you have questions or need any additional information, please contact apsc@collegeboard.org.
Preference will be given to students from member institutions. For information on membership, to go College Board Membership.
Since 1978, students have served as members of the national advisory structure of the College Board. Throughout this time, they have demonstrated the importance of student perspective to staff and to the many other councils and committees on which they serve. The main vehicle to provide their perspective is the Advisory Panel on Student Concerns (APSC).
The 16-member panel, made up both of high school and college students from a variety of backgrounds, meets three times a year. In addition, after their first year, students may also serve on another College Board Committee or Council, ensuring that students' voices are present in all College Board's deliberations. Most meetings will be held in New York City, and all travel and lodging expenses will be paid by the College Board. Continued membership is contingent on active participation.
Ivan Covarrubias
Ivan is a 17-year-old high school senior at Downtown Magnets High School in Los Angeles. He is part of the Business Magnet and a member of the Academy of Finance. Ivan hopes to participate in one of the multiple summer internships offered by the academy in association with local corporations in downtown Los Angeles. He plans to pursue a career in political science at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Sara Douglas
Sara Douglas is a 17-year-old senior at Blue Springs South High School in Missouri. She also attended Missouri Scholars Academy at the University of Missouri, Columbia, and is planning to major in a biology-related engineering fi eld. Sara is interested in fi lmmaking as well. She holds leadership positions in many co- and extracurricular activities, including debate and a community service group, and enjoys biking and swimming.
Luis Gonzalez
Luis is an 18-year-old graduate of Edinburg High School and will be attending the University of Texas at Austin in the fall. He plans to pursue a degree in marketing and hopes to one day attend graduate school on the West Coast. During the summer, Luis is interning at his district attorney's offi ce but still fi nds time to act, play tennis and surf, write and skate.
Katherine (Katie) Hill
Katie is a 17-year-old senior from Springfi eld, N.H. She attends Kents Hill School, a private school in Kents Hill, Maine, with roughly 250 students. Katie plans to work toward a degree in business. She enjoys music, traveling and playing fi eld hockey, and she is looking forward to starting the college search process.
Christine (Christie) Johnson
Christie is 18 years old and recently graduated at the top of the fi rst class of seniors from Cypress Lakes High School, a public school near Houston with just over 3,000 students. Christie is a National Merit Finalist and an AP Scholar with Distinction. This fall, Christie will be a fi rst-year student at Georgetown University. She enjoys playing volleyball and is very involved with service at her church. Christie is interested in pursuing college studies in both international business and chemistry.
Elijah Kallett
Elijah is a 16-year-old high school junior from Tampa, Fla. He attends Hillsborough High School where he is part of the International Baccalaureate program. Elijah's extracurricular activities include serving as the senior layout editor for his school literary magazine, HELM, and being a member of his school's chapter of Model United Nations. Elijah is also an avid multigenre guitar player. He enjoys designing video games, drawing and painting, and hopes to pursue a career in concept art for video games following college and possibly graduate school.
Anne Kaplan
Anne is an 18-year-old recent graduate from the New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies. Her hobbies include tennis and event planning. This fall, Anne will be a fi rst-year student at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania. She plans to participate in the student council, model United Nations and tennis club. Anne hopes to study public policy and international relations.
Dakota Kornicker
Dakota is 17 years old and will enter the University of Michigan as a fi rst-year student this fall. This summer, Dakota is working as an intern for New Jersey Assemblyman Erik Peterson. Her interests include Latin, history, politics and art history. Dakota plans to major in political science in college, with a minor in art history and psychology.
Will Larsen
Will is a 16-year-old junior attending Carnegie Vanguard High School, a public magnet school in Houston with about 400 students. He has taken part in Shakespeare at Winedale's summer camp for the past seven years and hiked more than 80 miles at Philmont Scout Ranch with his Boy Scout troop. Will enjoys theater as well as making music with his guitar, ukulele, trombone, keyboard and accordion. He hopes to pursue studies in science and the arts.
Gabriella Moreno
Gabriella is an 18-year-old graduate of Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, Ariz. This fall, she will be a fi rst-year student at Stanford University and hopes to become involved in philanthropic work while pursuing a career in public policy and nonprofi t leadership. During her free time, she enjoys practicing yoga and doing volunteer work in her community.
Alexander Moskowitz
Alexander is an 18-year-old graduate of Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, Colo. This fall, Alexander will be a fi rst-year student at the University of California, Berkeley, where he will pursue a degree in the social sciences with an emphasis on prelaw. His interests include student government, lacrosse, snowboarding and public forum/extemporaneous debates.
Kolbe Murray
Kolbe is a 17-year-old junior at Lawrence Free State High School in Lawrence, Kan. Kolbe is undecided about a college major, but he is interested in the social sciences and English.
Adetola (Tola) Omilana
Tola is a 17-year-old senior at Xavier College Preparatory High School, a private Jesuit school with about 450 students in Palm Desert, Calif. Tola plays varsity soccer and football and is involved in many extracurricular activities, including piano lessons and student council. After high school, he plans to major in biochemistry and become a varsity football athlete before proceeding to medical school.
Mohamed Sharif
Mohamed is a 16-year-old junior at Deering High School, serving the community of Portland, Maine. Mohamed recently co-published a book that recognizes and acknowledges the struggles of multicultural students with dual cultural backgrounds. Mohamed's plans for college are undecided, but he wishes for a career that involves interacting with the public.
Bethany Springer
Bethany is a 17-year-old senior at James Madison High School in Brooklyn, N.Y., a public school with a diverse student population of about 3,305. Her interest in scientifi c research and pathology is a result of her belief that the impact of medical research is so profound in this society that the two never fail to intersect at some point.
Gabriela Tejeda
Gabriela is a 16-year-old junior at Mater Academy Charter High School, a public school with approximately 3,000 students in Hialeah Gardens, Fla. She has demonstrated that when you really want something you can get it. She's a member of the Spanish Honor Society and plans to major in math at Florida State University after she graduates.