Alumni Stories

“The most valuable thing I learned at LTSA was time management which is a skill that I use every day in college. At LTSA, I was balancing college courses, LTSA classes, clubs, and an internship.”
— Katherine

Katherine is pursuing a combined B.S. and M.Eng in Mechanical Engineering at Illinois Tech on a 5-year, full-tuition scholarship. Her internship at Madmann EV while at LTSA helped her get her first internship in college—at Rolls Royce. Katherine interned two summers at Rolls Royce and one at Tesla.

“LTSA prepared me for studying engineering in college by helping me get an engineering internship in high school. I started college with industry and CAD experience. This helped me better understand my engineering coursework in college as well as gave me a boost when I was applying for internships.”
— Katherine

Emelia is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Advertising at Texas State University, where she was awarded the Distinguished Scholarship and has been inducted into the Texas State Council of Scholars.

Emelia developed many skills through LTSA’s experiential and project-based learning that are relevant to her current studies and career goals. As a senior at LTSA, Emelia designed, fundraised, and assembled the school’s Collaboratory, an impressive makerspace used by K-12 students. Through her roles on the school’s F1 in Schools teams, Emelia developed skills in marketing, social media management, fundraising, graphic design, communication, and project management.

“[At LTSA], I had an amazing, individualized education that played to my strengths and weaknesses.”
—Harrison

Harrison is a pre-med student at his first-choice college, Taccoa Falls College, in Georgia near where his family now lives. Like many students, Harrison started LTSA in elementary school and stayed through high school graduation and considers his time at LTSA “one of my fondest memories of childhood.”

During his time at LTSA, he says he was taught not just what to learn, but how to learn. As the manager of LTSA’s F1 in Schools team, Harrison developed skills in leadership, project management, communication, and fundraising.

“I can confidently say that Lake Travis STEM Academy provided me with a strong foundation to become successful as a college student.”
—Harrison

Daniel is pursuing a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Clarkson University on a competitive, full-tuition Ignite Presidential Scholarship. As an intern at Madman EV and President of LTSA’s National Honor Society, Daniel learned valuable skills that helped him win almost $2 million in generous merit scholarships at various colleges across the US.

Daniel gained CAD experience through his internship at Madman, where he worked with a team to convert a classic car into an electric car, and on his Capstone project, in which he built work tables with storage cabinets for LTSA’s Collaboratory.