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The Student-Run News Site of Carnegie Vanguard High School

Upstream News

The Student-Run News Site of Carnegie Vanguard High School

Upstream News

A photograph of students enjoying the sun at the University of St Andrews.

Senior Nick Haslam’s stress-free journey to college back home — in Scotland

By Sasha Cabral, Editor-in-Chief February 19, 2024

While most kids are eagerly awaiting for their college decisions to roll in, Senior Nick Haslam already knows where this next chapter will take him — across the Atlantic Ocean. “I was in class,...

A screenshot of a college-related Instagram post by @limmytalks.

Op-Ed: College admissions TikTok portrays a limited reality — take what you can and leave the rest

By Sasha Cabral, Editor-in-Chief February 5, 2024

It is undeniable that social media is an integral, and almost routine, part of the average teenager’s life. According to a 2023 Gallup Poll, approximately 4.8 hours of a teenager’s day is devoted to...

Turner and her husband at their wedding in 2003

Maisha Turner: from rejecting rejection to inspiring CVHS students in STEM

By Natalia Nguyen and Cindy Cui December 3, 2023

If Maisha Turner’s life was a Free Body Diagram, her family would be the center of mass, with outside forces from every angle. Her life would have a positive magnitude of acceleration, but with an ever-changing...

Ivy League admission rates have dropped in the 2022-2023 school year.

College acceptance rates decline for the class of 2023

By John Nguyen and Ella Pham April 24, 2023

2022-2023 saw a year of one of the lowest college acceptance rates ever. Although Ivy League schools are known to be highly competitive, the eight universities (Brown, Colombia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard,...

Jessica Lin (left) toughing out the cold weather in Pennsylvania and Jahrel Noble (right) after a Yale-Harvard football game

Life after CVHS: Jessica and Jahrel’s journey at Ivy Leagues

By Nicki Anahita and Sasha Cabral January 25, 2023

This story is a continuation of Upstream’s coverage on CVHS’s Class of 2022 valedictorian Jessica Lin and salutatorian Jahrel Noble. The story can be read here. Jessica Lin’s Story Jahrel Noble’s...

Gabi Rodriguez signs her letter of intent for the Williams College track team.

Gabi Rodriguez sprints into the Williams College track team

By Isabel Hoffman and Zainab Zaman February 21, 2022

Gabi Rodriguez could feel the cool air brush past her skin as she raced down the muddy terrain surrounding her. Once her teammate passed her the baton, her mind went blank, and she pushed her body beyond...

Six CVHS students will enter Rice University next school year.

From Rhinos to Owls- the six accepted Rice students

By Isabel Hoffman, Staff Writer February 2, 2022

Six students at Carnegie Vanguard High School were accepted into Rice University for the class of 2026, a high number for Houston students at one high school.  Anisha Gidh, Kaan Yilmaz, Claire Morton,...

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