COLLEGE FAIR GUIDE. Picture Yourself at the College of your Dreams. Wednesday, Oct. 14 5:30-8 p.m.

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1 COLLEGE FAIR GUIDE Picture Yourself at the College of your Dreams Wednesday, Oct. 14 5:30-8 p.m. JJC Main Campus 1215 Houbolt Road, Joliet, IL (815)

2 Web Resources for College-Bound Students Career Exploration U.S. Department of Labor Career OneStop CollegeBoard(MyRoad) Engineering College Search and Planning College View* College Data* Virtual Campus Tours* College Options* College Answer Illinois Student Assistance Commission U.S. Department of Education AACSB College Greenlight Financial Aid & Scholarships College Affordability and Transparency Center A new tool that ranks colleges nationally based on cost. FastWeb School Soup Illinois Student Assistance Commission FastAID Free Scholarship Search US Department of Education Scholarships.com FAFSA AACSB College Greenlight College Admissions Tests and Test Prep ACT CollegeBoard (PSAT & SAT) Number * Website endorsed by the National Association for College Admission Counseling Welcome to College Fair 2015! Joliet Junior College is pleased to welcome you to College Fair Choosing a school is an important decision, and College Fair is designed to make that a little bit easier for you. Tonight is your chance to talk to representatives from more than 100 colleges and universities and see what they have to offer from academic programs to athletic teams, to campus life and more. Plus, attend a financial aid seminar and learn ways to reduce the cost of attending college. Counseling Table Experienced counselors are available in the C- and T-Concourses to answer questions and provide general information about colleges and career schools. Paying for College Financial aid seminars will be held in U-Building, room U-1022, at 6 and 7 p.m. A seminar in Spanish will be held at 6:30 p.m. in U Sign Language Interpreter Visit the customer service booth in A-Building to request sign language interpretation services. College Fair Sponsors Thank you to all our District 525 high school participants who made tonight s event possible. College Fair 2015

3 College and Listing A-Building (Campus Center through new cafeteria) 1 Academy of Art 2 American Academy of Art 3 Andrews 4 Aquinas College 5 Arizona State 6 Augustana College 7 Aurora 8 Ball State 9 Benedictine 10 Bradley 11 Butler Concourse (C-F) 21 Columbia College - Missouri 22 Concordia Chicago 23 Cornell College 24 Creighton 25 DePaul 26 DePauw 27 DeVry 28 Dominican 29 Drake 30 Eastern Illinois 31 Elmhurst College 32 Eureka College 33 Ferris State 34 Fox College 35 Governors State 36 Grand Canyon 37 Grand Valley State 38 Grinnell College 39 Holy Cross College 40 Illinois College 41 Illinois Institute of Technology 42 Illinois State 43 Illinois Wesleyan 44 Indiana 45 Indiana - Purdue Indianapolis (IUPUI) 46 Iowa State 47 Iowa Wesleyan 48 Johnson & Wales 49 Kalamazoo College 12 Cardinal Stritch 13 Carroll 14 Carthage College 15 Central Michigan 16 Chamberlain College of Nursing 17 Chicago State 18 Clarke 19 Coe College 20 Columbia College - Chicago 50 Kendall College 51 Knox College 52 Lake Forest College 53 Lakeview College of Nursing 54 Lawrence Technological 55 Lewis 56 Loras College 57 Loyola Chicago 58 Luther College 59 Marian 60 Marquette 61 Maryville 62 McKendree 63 Methodist College 64 Michigan State 65 Michigan Technological 66 Millikin 67 Missouri of Science and Technology 68 Monmouth College 69 Moraine Valley Community College 70 Mount Mercy 71 National Louis 72 National of Health Sciences 73 North Central College 74 North Park 75 Northeastern Illinois Concourse (S-T) 76 Northern Illinois 77 Olivet Nazarene 78 Purdue 79 Purdue Calumet 80 Rasmussen College - Romeoville Campus 81 Ripon College 82 Robert Morris 83 Rockford 84 Roosevelt 85 Saint Louis 86 Saint Mary s College 87 Saint Mary s of Minnesota 88 Saint Xavier Concourse (U) 111 of Illinois Urbana - Champaign 112 of Iowa 113 of Kentucky 114 of Michigan - College of Engineering 115 of Missouri 116 of Mount Union 117 of Notre Dame 118 of St. Francis 89 School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) 90 Simpson College 91 Southern Illinois - Carbondale 92 Southern Illinois - Edwardsville 93 Southwestern Michigan College 94 St. Ambrose 95 St. Norbert College 96 The Ohio State 97 The of Kansas 98 The of South Alabama 119 of Wisconsin - La Crosse 120 of Wisconsin - Milwaukee 121 of Wisconsin - OshKosh 122 of Wisconsin - Parkside 123 of Wisconsin - Whitewater 99 The of Tampa 100 Tribeca Flashpoint College 101 Trinity Christian College 102 Trinity International 103 Truman State 104 of Alabama 105 of Arkansas 106 of Cincinnati 107 of Dubuque 108 of Evansville 109 of Illinois at Chicago 110 of Illinois at Springfield 124 Valparaiso 125 VanderCook College of Music 126 Webster 127 Western Illinois 128 Western Michigan 129 WyoTech 130 Xavier The Joliet Junior College and Centennial Commons tables will be located in A-Building.

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5 Suggested Questions for College Representatives Be prepared to give the college representative your class rank, grade point average, and percentile rank in class. 1. What are the areas of study in which your college is the strongest? 2. Do you offer pre-professional programs (such as pre-medical, pre-dental, pre-law)? 3. What are your admission standards? 4. Do you offer [area of interest]? 5. Apart from scholarships based upon financial need and/or academic merit, do you have any special merit scholarships (such as theatre, sports, business)? 6. What is the cost of your tuition, and room and board? 7. What extracurricular activities are available? (If you have a special interest, such as swimming or horseback riding, ask for specifics.) 8. Do most students live on the campus, or commute? 9. How would you describe the atmosphere on campus (formal, informal, friendly, competitive, academic)? 10. Do you have internships, cooperative education programs, or hands-on experience in career-oriented courses? 11. How large is the student body? 12. Is there a choice in housing accommodations, and is there a difference in cost? 13. When do you offer tours of the campus? Is there an overnight weekend stay on the campus if I plan to be a dormitory student? 14. Are there any students from my high school presently attending your college? 15. Does your college offer overseas study programs? Information subject to change DP