Summary: College-bound WAMU Youth Voices reporter Andre knows he’s lucky to be scratching his head over a choice between schools, but the stakes are high, so he also knows he needs to choose wisely.
Browsing threw PRX pieces I came across the piece College bound. College bound is a piece about a former high school student trying to make a choice between Cornell University and Howard University. There were questions of why to choose between Cornell and Howard, when Cornell is an Ivy League college. That immediately drew me in because even though I am a freshman in high school, I am trying to look for good colleges out there. People tell me to apply to a black school because many successful African-Americans such as Oprah Winfrey made it big. Cornell has also made a lot of successful people and off the bat; right away people will give a positive responses to you once you put that name on your resume. This piece makes you question opportunity and what to do with it. This piece is awesome because of the information they hit in terms of history of both schools. The only thing I think this person needs to work on is bringing more action to their piece, because at first I thought it was going to be boring. I though this because the tone of the speakers voice. Other than that this piece is awesome.
This story is of a black student deciding if he wants to go to an Ivy League school or a racially oriented school. Most people would choose Cornell University over Xavier (an HBCU which stands for Historicly Black College or University) any day. But this reporter wanted to go to the one that many black leaders (such as Oprah). Though the piece sounded a lot more like a vox pop than a story he expressed his feelings very clearly. Over all I give this story a four out of five.
Choosing a college is a huge desicion, with many different factors involved. One that I'd never considered, skin color, is evidently a biggie. This piece helped me understand how that tricky issue ties into choosing where you want to spend the next chunk of your life. It was produced and read well. Nice piece.
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Kwabena Adomako Amankwah
Posted on July 05, 2007 at 12:44 PM | Permalink
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College bound
Browsing threw PRX pieces I came across the piece College bound. College bound is a piece about a former high school student trying to make a choice between Cornell University and Howard University. There were questions of why to choose between Cornell and Howard, when Cornell is an Ivy League college. That immediately drew me in because even though I am a freshman in high school, I am trying to look for good colleges out there. People tell me to apply to a black school because many successful African-Americans such as Oprah Winfrey made it big. Cornell has also made a lot of successful people and off the bat; right away people will give a positive responses to you once you put that name on your resume. This piece makes you question opportunity and what to do with it. This piece is awesome because of the information they hit in terms of history of both schools. The only thing I think this person needs to work on is bringing more action to their piece, because at first I thought it was going to be boring. I though this because the tone of the speakers voice. Other than that this piece is awesome.
Adomako
Michael Eddy
Posted on December 16, 2005 at 01:43 PM | Permalink
Review of College-Bound
This story is of a black student deciding if he wants to go to an Ivy League school or a racially oriented school. Most people would choose Cornell University over Xavier (an HBCU which stands for Historicly Black College or University) any day. But this reporter wanted to go to the one that many black leaders (such as Oprah). Though the piece sounded a lot more like a vox pop than a story he expressed his feelings very clearly. Over all I give this story a four out of five.
Ben Lavine
Posted on August 25, 2005 at 02:25 PM | Permalink
Review of College-Bound
Choosing a college is a huge desicion, with many different factors involved. One that I'd never considered, skin color, is evidently a biggie. This piece helped me understand how that tricky issue ties into choosing where you want to spend the next chunk of your life. It was produced and read well. Nice piece.