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Checking in with: Nate Anderson

by Lucas Hori

N a t e Anderson (’18) is a recentlygraduated alumnus from Sierra Canyon and is currently a senior at Howard University in Washington, Nate Anderson (‘18) D.C. As a student at Sierra Canyon, he played on the basketball team and made his own music. At Howard University, he is working on a degree in Communication. When he has free time, Nate still pursues his interest in music by writing and producing songs. He specifically enjoys singing and rapping and has his own group called “375” that he performs with. He says he also enjoys playing games with his friends outside of school. Specifically, he says they play a lot of card games. Nate mentioned that the thing he most enjoys about college is “the environment and being around a bunch of people all the time because you get to see a lot of new faces. Unlike high school, you don’t really get used to them because there are a lot of people to meet.” Something he dislikes about college, however, is the fact that the administration is “really slow. Sometimes it can be harder to get some things done in college; you have to contact three or four people when you should really just have to contact one.” Anderson said that Sierra Canyon prepared him for life in college because he had a lot of freedom to make his own decisions when it came to classes and interests, something the school prides itself on. He brought up that in college, you have to be able to problem-solve and be independent. Nate said the thing he misses the most about Sierra Canyon is the fact that since we are a small school, the environment is like a family to him. When he had to apply for colleges, he said his college application process was not too difficult since he only applied to Howard University as both of his parents went there. The advice he gave to Sierra students who are going through the college application process is to be unique and write something personal about yourself, not just something generic. We, at Sierra Canyon, wish Nate luck in his studies, and music, and look forward to his continued support of our community.