Sydney Stiles, a 2017 graduate of Carthage High School, graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing this last Spring 2020 from Missouri Southern State University. The primary reason for her rapid collegiate career is because of a program she took while in high school.
The program, known as Upward Bound, when combined with the dual-credit program, allowed Sydney to graduate high school already possessing an Associate’s degree from Crowder College.
In the Fall of 2017, Sydney transferred her credits to Missouri Southern and began working on her Bachelor’s degree.
Currently, Sydney is weighing the many career opportunities that have presented themselves since graduation and where they will take her from here.
“I hope that other CHS students can follow my example with these programs in order to make getting a college degree faster and less expensive than the traditional route,” said Stiles.
