Mosaic played a monumental
role in helping me decide to pursue journalism in college. As I
wrote in
my college essays, Mosaic was the experience that confirmed to myself my interest in journalism. I'd loved
high
school journalism, but the scope of it had grown stale to me - I needed
to
bring things to a "real world" level. Mosaic helped fulfill
that. Covering the
Also,
the connections you make participating in Mosaic are vital come time
for
college applications and scholarships. I actually just asked Joe
(Rodriguez) about
writing a letter of recommendation for a scholarship. And being a
widely
recognized program, I'm sure it was a major factor in getting me
admitted to USC's Annenberg School.
All
in all, Mosaic was an incredibly fun, but even more incredibly
educational
experience that is a must for anyone considering journalism for
a major
in college or as a future career. Thank you, Joe and Rosana (Madrigal), so much for putting it on!!
If I
had a say over the existence of all the different summer programs
available out
there, I would consider Mosaic indispensable. Here's to
many more years of it!
Matthew Tsai
Just wanted to let you know about some great news. Matt, Rebekah,
and I were all admitted into USC's
Annenberg school
of journalism (according to my admissions counselor, Annenberg is the
best journalism
school on the West Coast, I am very excited).
I
really really wanted to thank you for all
of the
experiences and lifelong memories I had at Mosaic. Mosaic really
changed my
life and confirmed that journalism is what I want to do for the rest of
my
life. I really hope Mosaic is going to happen this year as well. My
sister is
also a member of the Smoke Signal (
If
there's anything I can do to help please let me know. I am so very
thankful.
Jerry Ting