Whitman Ochiai is the creator of The Money Ed Podcast Series, a podcast series for young people to promote financial literacy. It’s available on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Amazon Music, Spotify, and SoundCloud. Whitman is a senior at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ), where he’s the Editor-in-Chief for TJ’s Podcast Network and President of TJ’s Financial Literacy Club, and he’s a proud member of the Cornell Class of 2025. Whitman resides in Northern Virginia with his parents and younger sister Sophie. In his free time, Whitman enjoys tutoring unrepresented middle school students via the program LIFT, singing Italian opera, and golfing.
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The pandemic altered college admission planning for many students across the country. Here's a look at what one student learned throughout the process in 2020.