Akash Shah

High School: Lake View

Favorite Class: Accounting and Math.

Favorite Activity: Learning about interesting things such as web designing, putting Excel worksheets together and solving math equations.

Favorite Teacher/Counselor: Mr Goodwin, Mr Liz, Mrs Tang.

My Favorite way to relax: Sleep or just sit back and listen to music or eat some food.

My Favorite book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.

The College(s) I am interested in attending: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, DePaul University, Loyola University, Northwestern University, Northern Illinois University.

My Dream Profession is:  To be an accountant or own my own multi-billion dollar business.

Biggest concern about college: What is it like? How am I going to pay for it? What struggle my I face that I should prepare for?

When I go to college, I most look forward to: Meeting new people, learning as much as I can, and making it the best of my experiences as a person.

The piece of advice that I would give to a high school freshman about preparing for college is: Use everything and anything possible at your school to your advantage in order to help you succeed.

My hero is: Mahatma Ghandi