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After taking Spanish in middle school, Vismaya had dreamed of spending a semester in Spain.

However, when she got to high school, she found out that it wasn’t going to be easy to get away to Spain for a semester. It hadn’t been done before.

But Vismaya and the school found a way.

Vismaya Gopalan will be a Freshman at Dartmouth College in Fall 2023.

In this Podcast, Vismaya talks about her High School Experiences, Semester Abroad in Spain, her college search process, and her advice to college aspirants.

In particular, we discuss the following with her: 

• Who is Vismaya Gopalan?
• High School Interests
• Semester in Spain
• College Process
• Advice for High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introducing Vismaya Gopalan[]
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
• Who is Vismaya Gopalan? []
• High School Interests []
• Being a Tutor []
• Junior Semester in Spain []
• Coming Back for the Senior Year []
• Colleges Criteria []
• College Guidance []
• Number of Colleges []
• Major? []
• College Process Surprises []
• College Readiness []
• Advice to Rising Seniors []

Our Guest: Vismaya Gopalan is a recent graduate of Notre Dame High School in San Jose, California. Vismaya will be a Freshman at Dartmouth College in Fall 2023.

Memorable Quote: “I'm really looking forward to going there [Dartmouth]. So one of the best parts, something that I really appreciate was that I am, I'm not locked into a major like I, you know, I only have to declare at the end of my sophomore year. So I'm really excited to sort of go there and try different things.” Vismaya Gopalan.

Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript.

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