College Prep Group Events

Date	Topic	Presenter	Recording
Upcoming Events
Feb1st	Taking the Stress out of Taking Tests	Bara Sapir
Past Events
Jan 24th	Highschool to College journey (Biology major with pre-med track)	UC Riverside Freshman	Y
Jan 17th	Middle College to University (Economics major and Maths Minor)	UC Santa Cruz Sophomore	Y
Jan 11th 2026	Writing for College essays and beyond	Christina Caputo	Y
Dec 7th	Summer Smart: Planning a Successful Summer of Activities, Classes, and Camps	Daniel Huang	Y
Nov16th	Applying Statistics to the Real World	UWisconsin-Maddison Grad	Y
Nov9th 10AM	Pre-Med Course Selection and Admissions	UC Davis Junior	Y
Oct25th 10AM	AP courses and exams overview	Bilal Kudaimi	Y
Oct 18th 10AM	Building Tomorrow’s Innovators: The AP Pathway to STEM Readiness and Peak Performance Mindset	Gary Flores	Y
Oct 12th 10AM	Leigh Highschool to CMU Electrical & Computer Engineering	Freshman at CMU	Y
Oct 4th 10AM	College Essay Tips	Heather Miksch	Y
Sept 21st 10AM	California to Cambridge University (UK)	Rising Freshman	Y
Sept 13th 11 AM	Beyond the Checklist: Crafting an Activity Résumé That Stands Out	Elton Lin	Y
Aug 24th 10AM	Communicating with your teen on Alcohol and Drug abuse	acs-teens.org	Y
Aug16th 10AM	Evergreen Highschool to UC Irvine Biomedical engineering		Y
Aug 10th 10AM	Branham Highschool to UCSB CS major		Y
July 27th 10am	TeachTech Promotion
June 29th 10am	Presentation High to Kelly School of Business, Indiana		Y
June 19th 6pm	Navigating Personal and Career Goals in College environment	Rising Junior at UCSC	Y
June 14th 11am	Incoming freshman at Santa Clara University with Sociology major		Y
June 8th	"Be there before you get there" for students aspiring to standout in their college journey.	Sriram Sundararajan
May 31st 9:30-11 am	Learn2Excel Tutor And UMD rising sophomore presentation		Y
May18th	Future-Proof Your College Choices: How to Choose a Major and School That Works for You	Elton Lin	Y
May9th 6-7pm	USDAVIS Rep on Davis admissions	Melanie David
May4th	Nursing courses/universities/path to become Nurse Practitioner	Digant Dave	Y
Apr27th	Financial Aid101 and Scholarships	Mary Le	Y
Apr19th	CASE WESTERN 3rd year Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical engineering students		Y
Apr13th	UCSC Robotics Engineering Sophomore		Y
Apr6th	1st year Biomedical ENG and 4th year Robotics from Purdue		Y
March 22rd	FAFSA and Financial planning for colleges (By College counselor and Financial planner)	Devender Narala
March 16th	Building the College List: The Key to Finding a Good Match	College Counselor Barbara Harris	Y
March8th	Components of College Admissions	Growme.AI	Y
March2nd	Beyond the Formula: Building True Understanding in Math and Science	Anurag Gupta	Y
Feb 23rd	College and Career Readiness: De-classified (UCSC Grad in Legal studies, currently preparing for LSAT)	Ridhima Rupakula	Y
Feb9th	Guiding High Schoolers to Health and Happiness: Nutrition Tips, Cultivating Awareness, Building Resilience (By a Yoga practitioner and Ayurveda learner)	Susmitha Vakkalanka	Y
Feb2nd	Get Started: College Major Planning & Strategy	Daniel Hauang	Y
Jan 25th	From First Draft to Final: How Collaboration Improves College Application Essays	Laura Rosche, Tutor	Y
Jan 12th 2025	Activities with Impact: Building a Resilient College Portfolio	Incoming freshman at NYU	Y
Dec14th	Choosing SJSU for business Administration over higher ranked Universities.	Parent presentation
Dec8th	Financial Literacy for Teens	Sanjeev Kumar and Vasu Madhav
Nov9th	College journey of UChicago sophomore	Vishnu Veeravalli
Oct 27th	Cutting costs and finding scholarships for Private colleges and ivy leagues	Manuel Fabriquer, College Counselor
October20th	Course selection in high school for Premed path by UC SB Junior
October 13th	Financial planning for College by Financial planner and Advisor	Sanjeev Kumar and Vasu Madhav
September 27th	Admitmate founders presentation on Stanford Admissions	Aalaap Hegde	Y
September21st	Final year Medical student journey- Currently a resident at UCSF Pediatrics	Pranavi Chamarthy	Y
September14th	Parent presentation on their teen’s college selection - Community college with Volleyball focus
September8th	UC essay writing by a college counselor	Aparna Venkatesan
August31st	Highschool senior parents interactive session on college app process
August 24th	Student presentation on Volunteer Service Awards- Presidential, Congressional and ACTA Apprenticeship	Branham Sophomore
August18th	What you need to fill college application	Incoming Freshman at Harvard	Y
August11th	Navigating highschool first year	Current Highschool students
August 4th	NotreDame HS to George Washington University, International Relations major		Y
July 29th	Branham Alumni going to UCB for EECs program
July20th	College scholarships and Grants (Financial planner and Advisor)	Devender Narala
June29th	Otolaryngologist, Leland High Alumni on his medical journey. (Chief Resident in Otolaryngology at Boston Medical Center)	Aneesh Patel	Y
June15th	What to expet once teen goes to college- parent panel
June2nd	Branham Senior going to Stanford with CS major
June1st	Parents share their experience with college counselors Hollis Bischoff and Elton Lin from Ilumin Education
May19th	Current Branham Senior going to pursue CS major in University of Wisconsin
May12th	Calpoly grad(2022) in Electrical engineering currently working in semiconductor field.		Y
May5th	Writing College essays	Ruchi Saran, College Counselor
Apr20th	Handling Rejection and failure, Therapist from ASPIRE, El Camino Health	Steven Lo
March 31st	Parents/Student presentation on finalizing colleges
March 23rd	College savings plan (CEO of KSR Wealth Partners)	Sanjeev Kumar
March17th	College search and College essays (Branham alumni parent) and Essay reviewer	Heather Miksch
March 10th	Highschool research importance, benefits and Challenges	Childrensinnovationcenter.org
Feb 11th	Middle college to UCB by a UCB freshman and Branham Alumni
Feb4th	Navigating college admission	Shilpi Agarwal
Jan27th	Admission timeline for high school Juniors	sayHellocollege.com
Jan14th 2024	Premed path presentation (by UC Davis Health science Advise Director)	Manisha Lakhotia
Dec10th	Communication with teens	Lifecoach, Suryakala
Dec 3rd	Financial AID101 by Financial planner and advisor	Devendar Narala
Nov18th	Teen Mental Health (Jacobs Ladder Therapies)	Tametra Johnson
Nov5th	SJSU faculty Glenn Friedman (Physics) and Spoorthy Ananthiya (Computer Engineering and Mechanical engineering)
Oct 28th	Presenting Essays for Common app and Supplementary essays	Tiffany Phu
Oct8th	UC Essays	Empowerly.com	Y
Oct1st	Student is a Freshman at Northeastern University Boston, major in Business and Economics;Junior at Penn state for Business mgmt and a sophomore at UW with Applied Math	Parent Presentations
Sept29th	ASDRP Director Robert Downing about their research programs for high schoolers	ASDRP.ORG	Y
Sept 24th	1. Student is NYU freshman with Music Business major; 2. Student is Cornell Sophomore in Mechanical Engineering, UCLA freshman with double major in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics	Parents and Students
Sept 16th	Financial Aid/Scholarship Sept16th	Sayhellocollege.com
Sept 10th	Leigh Senior and UC Santa Barbara freshman, Rising Sophomores at UC Davis (Double major in Data Science and Managerial Economics) and UC Santa Barbara (BioPsychology towards PreMed path	Parents and Students
Aug 27th 2023	Leigh high school senior mom(Student at UC Santa Barbara) Pre-Med track, SJSU Mechanical eng faculty about college courses, and Harvard going Branahm Alumni