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Graduate
and Professional Schools |
The Ventures Scholars Program invites graduate and
professional schools to communicate with high school
and undergraduate Ventures Scholars.
Click
here to view the list of member graduate/professional
schools.
Click
here to view demographics of undergraduate
Ventures Scholars.
Click here
to view demographics of high school Ventures Scholars.
Communicating with Undergraduate Ventures Scholars
The Database
Graduate and professional schools can obtain information
about undergraduate Ventures Scholars. The database
includes the Ventures Scholar's name, home and undergraduate
institution addresses, graduation year, gender, ethnicity,
grade point average, and college major. A member institution
can access the database as many times as needed.
The database includes information about 3,000 undergraduate
Ventures Scholars.
The Program also invites undergraduate VS to continue
with the Program after they graduate from college.
We ask them to share their future plans. Information
about graduates who express an interest in pursuing
post-baccalaureate studies is shared with member graduate/professional
schools.
Ventures Scholars Program Web Site
A member institution can highlight programs, research
opportunities, scholarship opportunities, and enrichment
programs on the Ventures
Scholars Program Web site.
This year, we are including a profile page for each
institution so that undergraduate Ventures Scholars
can learn about your programs and resources.
Targeted Emails to Undergraduate Ventures Scholars
Graduate and professional schools can start as early
as the freshman year to provide information to Ventures
Scholars. Possibly your institution hosts a summer
enrichment program or seminar and you would like undergraduate
students interested in medical school to attend these
events. Maybe you would like to share information
about fellowship opportunities to undergraduate Ventures
Scholars majoring in engineering. Just ask the
Ventures Scholars Program to email this information
to a targeted group of undergraduate Ventures Scholars.
Supplemental Questionnaire Forms for Scholars
Interested in Member Graduate/Professional Schools
Undergraduate Ventures Scholars who are interested in
graduate/professional school can complete a supplemental
questionnaire. Undergraduate Ventures Scholars
provide information about academic goals; math and science
courses completed; GRE, MCAT and other admissions scores
and more. On an ongoing basis, completed forms are forwarded
to member graduate and professional schools for recruitment
purposes.
Database: By Undergraduate Institution
The Ventures Scholars Program provides graduate and
professional schools with a list of names of undergraduate
institutions across the country and the number of Ventures
Scholars, by graduation year, who attend these undergraduate
institutions.
When recruiting for programs, graduate and professional
school representatives can visit a group of Ventures
Scholars at an institution or can rethink recruitment
strategies based on the number of Ventures Scholars
at a particular undergraduate institution.
Biweekly E-Newsletter
A member institution can highlight upcoming programs,
events and activities in the Ventures Scholars Program
high school or undergraduate biweekly e-newsletter.
Members can submit articles about career pathways or
other important information to the e-newsletters.
Communicating
with High School Ventures Scholars
The Database
A member institution can utilize the Ventures Scholars
Program database to send or email information to high
school Ventures Scholars. The database includes the
Ventures Scholar's name, address, gender, birth date,
ethnicity, grade point average, class rank, high school,
graduation year, high school CEEB code, the intended
college major, number of people in household, highest
level of parent's or guardian's educational background,
family gross income, score of standardized examinations
(PSAT, SAT, PLAN and ACT), AP courses the Ventures Scholar
has completed or is currently taking, IB courses the
Ventures Scholar has completed or is currently taking,
and extracurricular activities. Members can use the
database as many times as needed. There are over
14,000 high school Ventures Scholars.
The database can also help you target Ventures Scholars
by family's socio-economic level or by parent/guardian's
education level. If you have programs that target intermediate
school students, the database can provide you with information
about Ventures Scholars' siblings.
Click here
for information about how a student becomes a Ventures
Scholar.
List of Ventures Scholars By High School and
State
A member institution can obtain lists, by state, of
over 8,000 highschools with Ventures Scholars. Based
on the number of Ventures Scholars at each high school,
an admissions representative can use these lists to
rethink recruitment strategies and include high schools
that are not usually approached by a member institution.
Biweekly E-mail Newsletter
A member institution can highlight upcoming programs,
events and activities in the Ventures Scholars Program
high school or undergraduate biweekly e-newsletter.
Admission personnel, professors, and faculty members
can submit articles about the college planning process,
math- and science-based careers and more!
Members can also submit articles about career pathways
or other important information to the e-newsletters.
After the article appears in the biweekly e-newsletter,
it is also included in the "Ask
the Experts" section on the VSP Web
site.
Ventures Scholars Program Web Site
A member institution can highlight information about
open houses, multicultural support programs, math and
science majors, research opportunities at the institution,
fee waivers, scholarship opportunities, and pre-college
summer enrichment programs on the Ventures Scholars
Program Web site. Click
here to see listings from member institutions.
Targeted Emails
Possibly you have an event or activity at your institution
or association and you would like to invite high school
Ventures Scholars. Please ask us to email your message.
Communicating
with Guidance Counselors And Scholar Family Members
Targeted Emails
- Guidance Counselors - Guidance
counselors need to be aware of the changing academic
requirements for students interested in math- and
science-based careers, particularly if these careers
require graduate or professional school. Members can
share information about programs and opportunities
to a growing number of guidance counselors who are
requesting free membership to the Ventures Scholars
Program. Information submitted to the biweekly e-newsletter
is also emailed to the guidance counselors.
- Parents/Guardians – When
Ventures Scholars complete their on-line registration
form, they are asked to provide their parents'/guardians'
email address. The parents and guardians are invited
to receive the high school and undergraduate biweekly
e-newsletters. Graduate and professional schools can
ask VSP to send targeted emails to parents/guardians
of Ventures Scholars. The information could
be for the Ventures Scholars or it can be specifically
for the parents/guardians.
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