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Sydney grew up surrounded by different cultures, languages which shaped his interests. He worked summers in the High School and used that money to travel.

Sydney joins our podcast to share his University of Pittsburgh Honors journey, the Honors College, Getting the Voyager Scholarship, Majoring in Political Science, and his Advice for High Schoolers.

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In particular, we discuss the following with him: 

• Overall Undergraduate Experience
• Honors College
• Voyager Scholarship
• Advice to High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introduction to Sydney Wilhelmy, U of Pittsburgh []
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
• Overall Experience at Pitt []
• High School Interests []
• Honors at Pitt []
• Transition to College []
• Academics & Honors Program []
• Doing Research []
• Voyager Scholarship []
• Dept of Education Scholarship []
• Interest in Languages []
• Majoring in Political Science []
• After Graduation []
• Advice for High Schoolers []
• Memory []

Our Guests: Sydney Wilhelmy graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the Frederick Honors College University of Pittsburgh.

Memorable Quote: “ …but last year, I did start working with a professor in the Political Science Department. That's been so rewarding. And I really kind of wish I would have started earlier, but, yeah.” Sydney Wilhelmy.

Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript.

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