Top Students 2021 Q&As

Name: Rachel Schenck What is your favorite subject?  "My favorite subject would have to be Math. I love how there's only one answer, and it can be proved, not taken and twisted in a million different ways. It just makes sense and is all connected. [It builds] to more and more complex equations and problems." Where are you going to college?  "I plan on going to Michigan State University." Wh...

Name: Alex Shier What is your favorite subject?  "History [and] Social Studies." Where are you going to college?  "Undecided. I'm 90 percent sure I'm going to Calvin University, though I have yet to commit." What is your intended college major? "International Relations." Who is your favorite teacher?  "Brad Anderson." What is your least favorite subject? "Mathematics."...

Name: Valerie Greenwood What is your favorite subject?  "Math and Chemistry." Where are you going to college?  "University of Michigan." What is your intended college major? "Undecided." Who is your favorite teacher?  "Mr. Von Ehr and Mr. Garbowitz." What is your least favorite subject? "Social Studies."...

Name: Ayesha Jeddy What is your favorite subject?  "Science. APES was my favorite class." Where are you going to college?  "University of Michigan." What is your intended college major? "Architecture." Who is your favorite teacher?  "Mr. Scholten." What is your least favorite subject? "Maybe history [or] social studies, but I enjoyed APUSH."...

Name: Avery Letourneau What is your favorite subject?  "History." Where are you going to college?  "Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania." What is your intended college major? "Engineering and I'm also committed to swim." Who is your favorite teacher?  "There's too many to really count, but if I had to pick a few, [I'd say] Mr. Lowe, Mr. Brad Anderson, and Mr. Smith." ...

Name: Annika Santos What is your favorite subject?  "My favorite subjects are Math and Language Arts." Where are you going to college?  "I am going to New York University." What is your intended college major? "I am currently on the path to study Pre-Law [with a] major in Economics." Who is your favorite teacher?  "I have multiple teachers whom I love. I will list my top few...

Name: Matthew Mahoney What is your favorite subject?  "English, Government and Politics, and Spanish." Where are you going to college?  "University of Michigan." What is your intended college major? "Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE)." Who is your favorite teacher?  "I have so many teachers that I've developed phenomenal relationships with, but Mr. George has been ...

Name: Lajla Hadzimujic What is your favorite subject?  "My favorite subject is Science." Where are you going to college?  "I am going to Grand Valley State University for college." What is your intended college major? "My intended major is nursing." Who is your favorite teacher?  "My favorite teacher is Mrs. Penninga." What is your least favorite subject? "My least favo...

Name: Lindsay Larson What is your favorite subject?  "[It's a] tie between my English and Social Studies courses." Where are you going to college?  "George Washington University." What is your intended college major? "Political Science." Who is your favorite teacher?  "Mrs. Penninga." What is your least favorite subject? "Science."...

Name: Amelia Pointer What is your favorite subject?  "I'm torn between Biology and HAP." Where are you going to college?  "I'm going to the University of Michigan." What is your intended college major? "I have no idea what I'm majoring in yet; I'm going to take the first couple of years to figure out what I want to do. It'll probably be STEM-related though. Or maybe not. Who kno...

Name: Julia Kirkman What is your favorite subject?  "My favorite subject is science, and my favorite class this year has been AP Biology." Where are you going to college?  "I will be attending UC Berkeley in the fall." What is your intended college major? "I'm planning on majoring in Biochemistry." Who is your favorite teacher?  "My favorite teacher this year has been Mrs....

Name: Anika Garter What is your favorite subject?  "Math." Where are you going to college?  "University of Michigan." What is your intended college major? "Chemistry." Who is your favorite teacher? "Mrs. Penninga." What is your least favorite subject? "History."

Name: Eli Romijn What is your favorite subject? "Computer Science." Where are you going to college?  "University of Michigan." What is your intended college major?  "Biomedical Engineering." Who is your favorite teacher?  "Mr. Smith." What is your least favorite subject?  "English." ...

Name: Molly Vonk What is your favorite subject? "My favorite subject is English." Where are you going to college? "I will be attending Hope College." What is your intended college major? "I intend to major in Sports Psychology and Pre-Physical Therapy." Who is your favorite teacher? "It is hard to choose because so many teachers have had significant impacts in countless wa...