If I was able to go back in time, even to just a year ago, I’d have plenty of advice to give my past self. To start with the obvious, my 18-year-old self could never imagine what it would be like to live during a global pandemic. Attempting to look past the...
At the end of my senior year, I felt certain I knew what my near future looked like. I was excited to start college in the fall of 2020. I had a very successful high school experience. I had a good GPA, participated in numerous extracurriculars, and formed close...
My first semester at Dynamy was full of trials and growth. My first major struggle was my mental health. I no longer had the direct support of my family to help me get through rough patches, and I had to learn how to manage my depression by myself. This process was...
Why I choose to take a gap year: Choosing to take a gap year was a long and thought out decision that started at the beginning of my junior year of high school after attending a local Chicago gap year fair. After considering many options, I loved the idea of...
We had a current Dynamy student, Isaiah Levy, come up with questions to ask our Admissions Team. We wanted to know what a current student who has been in the program for a month thought incoming applicants should know. Below are the questions by Isaiah and the answers...
I had known since my Sophomore year that college wasn’t something I wanted after graduating high school. It felt scary, wrong, and sometimes embarrassing to discuss this with my family, teachers and friends. Most times, the same question would rear its head; “What...
