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 Meet Cyndrea Brown, a first-year Running Start
student here at Shoreline Community College from
Ingraham High School. Her journey to our campus began in
a very typical way. Her older sister was a previous
Running Start student who attended North Seattle
Community College. But when her chance to enroll in the
program came, she toured the North Seattle campus but
also took advice from her track coach who had attended
SCC and suggested she visit our campus before deciding
where to apply. Spring time was the perfect time to
visit our beautiful campus. Cyndrea said she was
impressed by the campus and decided to apply to SCC.
When asked about what she found most surprising
during her first quarter, Cyndrea commented that
comparing the high school environment to college was
striking. She especially appreciated how relaxed it was
at the college which seemed to be more focused on what
students need and want to do. High school appeared to be
more chaotic and not as serious about academic
achievement. Since she was traveling from the college to
the high school and back, this difference was more
dramatic. Another surprise was getting better grades
here than at the high school. The different climate in
the classroom may have added to her ability to succeed.
Cyndrea would like to tell future Running Start
students that maturity is very important to success.
Students should have a clear goal about what they want
to pursue. She found that the faculty and students are
more focused on their studies at the college and they
expect new students to be so as well. College professors
are not going to "play around" like in high school. She
especially enjoyed professors Dr. Ernest Johnson and Don
Christensen and felt they helped guide her to a
successful first year.
When asked what she would do differently if she were
to start again, Cyndrea said she would make more time to
study - wants to "go past" just meeting the
requirements. She liked the idea of accumulating a
college record that will help her to accomplish her
educational goals.
Cyndrea plans to continue her studies at Shoreline
next year narrowing her focus on transfer courses and
prerequisites. Her future plans include transferring to
a four-year University to major in Business with a minor
in Music. She is currently taking Principles of
Marketing and saving the music courses for next year
when there's more room in her schedule. She is looking
forward to another year of success in the thriving
learning environment at Shoreline Community College.
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