Post Graduate Planning Workshop for Junior Students & Parents Grandview High School Tammy Dodson, Ed.D, Post-Graduate Coordinator

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1 STANFORD UNIVERSITY, PALO ALTO, CA CHOOSING THE BEST-FIT COLLEGE Post Graduate Planning Workshop for Junior Students & Parents Grandview High School Tammy Dodson, Ed.D, Post-Graduate Coordinator

2 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO - BOULDER You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. And you know what you know. You are the guy who ll decide where to go. - Dr. Seuss

3 DU because it is close and I can come home some nights for dinner. It is a good school because my mom went there. - Kindergarten student Where I m Going! I m going to CU because it has a hometown sports team, daddy went there, and I think it will be fun. - 3 rd grader I m going to go to an all art school or an all sport school because I love art and I love sports. - 6 th grader I don t know! -9 th grader I m going to UNC because I can major in sign language and special education. It is far enough from home that I will feel like I ve gone away th grader

4 Advising Students on Fit College Fit = Where the goals and personality of the student are well matched with those of the college. -The College Board

5 Go to College or Finish College? Retention, Retention, Retention!

6 Where to Start? Family Connection by Naviance

7 Students: Live at home, come home in an hour, drive home in a day, come home only on vacations? Parents: Do you have a preference for how far from home your student s college is located? UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO - DENVER ADAMS STATE COLLEGE, ALAMOSA, CO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, MANOA, HI What about geographical preference? Colorado West Coast Southwest Southeast Northwest Midwest Northeast

8 Urban? Suburban? Small town? NEW YORK UNIVERSITY What about size? TUFTS UNIVERSITY, BOSTON AREA Large Research University Small/Medium Research University Small Liberal Arts College MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, MIDDLEBURY, VT

9 Preference for: WHEATON COLLEGE, WHEATON, IL A public college/university A private college university A college with a religious affiliation? Should I rule out a college due to cost?

10 Campus Make-Up Smith College, Northampton, MA Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA Colorado State University - Pueblo

11 Admissions Selectivity The top 10 most difficult colleges to get into: MIT Princeton Harvard Brown Yale California Institute of Technology Stanford Washington University in St. Louis University of Pennsylvania Columbia Types of Selectivity: Open Enrollment high school diploma or GED (2 year schools) Traditional minimum GPA and test scores (4 year schools) Selective 3.5+ GPA, ACT = 25+ Highly Selective 4.0+ GPA, ACT = 29+ Most Selective 4.2+ GPA, ACT = 32+

12 What Will I Study? STEM School Liberal Arts College Majors Concentrations Certificates 3-2 Programs Combined Programs Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, MO Regis University, Denver

13 What About the Non- Academics? Activities Fraternities/Sororities Intercollegiate Sports Club/Intramural Sports Recreational Activities Facilities ROTC Special Programs Evergreen State College, Tacoma, WA

14 The College Visit Explore on your own Read the bulletin boards Eat in the dining hall Visit a class in your major Schedule a conference with a professor Talk to lots of students Could you live in the dorms? Name or a number? What is the social scene? Feel at home? Gut feeling? Take pictures and notes Kenyon College, Gambier, OH Hendrix College, Conway, AR

15 The Search is Finished When: List of 3-7 schools in which to apply All schools in list are schools student would be happy attending List includes reach schools, match schools, safety schools You have visited some of the schools on the list Colorado State University, Fort Collins

16 So... be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea, you're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So...get on your way!