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Georgiana Egan (’24)Rising junior Georgiana Egan — a member of the team of prefects that will be serving this year’s High School Summer Program on the New England campus — is a lifelong New Yorker. “I’ve lived on the same street in the Upper East Side of Manhattan my whole life. We only moved once, and it was just down the block,� she laughs. “I spent eight years of my childhood trying to fall asleep to the harsh sounds of subway station construction work, which means that Northfield’s tranquility was a big change of scenery for me!�

Georgiana was one of the earliest pioneers at 91¶ÌÊÓÆµ-New England. “I attended the first Summer Program on the New England campus, which occurred before the campus officially opened,â€� she says. “So, even though I am only a sophomore, I was a student on this campus even before the seniors!â€� She cherished her time blazing the trail for future programs. “I am amazed by the friendships I was able to form in such a short period of time.â€�

But the story is more complicated.

“Even though I loved my experience at the Summer Program, I wasn’t originally planning to go to 91¶ÌÊÓÆµ,â€� she recalls. “I applied to New York University and was determined to attend if I got accepted. But about a week before NYU’s decision came out, I made a deal with God: If I got into NYU, I would defer my acceptance to take a gap year, to appease my parents, who hoped that a year off before college would give me time to mature. (I’m young for my grade.)â€�

Georgiana had hoped to spend that gap year traveling, but the Covid-19 pandemic intervened. “As I was trying to figure out what to do instead, my mother suggested that I spend my gap year at 91¶ÌÊÓÆµ because, even though I had decided not to attend the school for college, I had loved my time at the Summer Program.â€�

That proved a fateful choice: Georgiana had promised God a gap year, but He seemed to have a longer stay in mind. “By October, I finally had to admit to myself what I previously had been refusing to accept: I had to stay. I felt immense happiness at 91¶ÌÊÓÆµ.â€�

Georgiana is now thrilled to help extend that happiness to the attendees of the 2022 Summer Program.