Boris Fosso

Senior Boris Fosso is applying to Harvard, Princeton and Rice among other top colleges. He plans to study the pre-med track.

Fosso says that besides academics, the school’s environment is important to him.

“One big thing is the community, the people they attract, people who are like minded and that have the same drive and goals that I do,” Fosso said. “Being around those people will push me further and help push them further.”

However, Fosso was not able to visit any of the schools in person. He has attended virtual information sessions, which he says were not as helpful.

“You don’t really get a sense of the college atmosphere as much,” Fosso said. “So I didn’t have as good an understanding of what the college is like, what they offer.”

Because of the pandemic, Fosso says that applications have become more unclear.

“It’s the level of uncertainty, not just what the college is like, but also what the application expects now that COVID did happen,” Fosso said. “We’ve had the whole summer and part of the school year taken away, and just how they’re going to accomodate to that.”

However, Fosso says that he feels prepared to take on the challenge.

“I don’t think it’ll be too difficult because I think if I can find an hour or two a day just to work on college applications, the time’s going to build up,” Fosso said. “When it gets to December or January when I’ll turn in the application, I’ll have it broken down, and I’ll have it all done and ready.”

Fosso says that his career goals have changed due to the coronavirus. He wishes to open a non-profit hospital to offer healthcare to the less fortunate.

“My goal has always been to become a neurosurgeon,” Fosso said. “But since the pandemic started, I started hearing about a lot of struggles that people were going through, and I just felt that I connect with that on a deep level.”