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Every year the Coca Cola Scholars Foundation awards a select set of High School Seniors the Coca Cola Scholarship. Chase is a 2024 Coke Scholar. 

In this Podcast, Mark talks about his passion for filmmaking and student-run film festival SWIFF, Winning the Coca-Cola Scholarship, his college search process, and his advice to High Schoolers. #CokeScholars

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In particular, we discuss the following with him: 

• Who is Mark Leschinsky?
• Filmmaking & Student Film Festival
• Winning the Coke Scholarship
• College Process
• Advice for High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introducing Mark Leschinsky, Coke Scholar []
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
• Who is Mark Leschinsky? []
• High School Interests []
• Filmmaking Passion []
• Student Film Festival []
• Why Coke Scholarship? []
• The Interview []
• Winning the Coke Scholarship []
• Other Scholarships []
• The College Process []
• Choosing Stanford []
• College Readiness []
• Advice for High Schoolers []

Our Guest: Mark Leschinsky is a 2024 Coke Scholar, and a recent graduate of Bergen County Academies High School, New Jersey. Mark will be a Freshman at Stanford University in Fall 2024.

Memorable Quote: “ I mean, I've always really enjoyed, you know, working with other people, working towards a common goal.” Mark Leschinsky.

Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript.

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