| ASK
THE EXPERTS |
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| Questions posed by Ventures Scholars and
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| "I am a senior in high
school right now, and with all the various activities
that seniors are involved with this year in addition
to applying to several colleges, how long would you
recommend a student to work on a college essay or essays
for a particular school? A few hours or a few days?
I keep getting bugged down by this question. Thanks."
Responses were sent from:
Ventures Scholars Program.
Member Institution and Association Answers
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| "As you know I am a Ventures Scholar. I am writing my
college resume and plan to include me being a Ventures
scholar as one of my accomplishments but I wasn’t
sure college would know what I was speaking about if
I just wrote 'Ventures Scholar". Must I put a little
explanation? If so, I really don’t know what to
write. Could you assist me? Thank you."
Responses were sent from:
Ventures Scholars Program.
Member Institution and Association Answers
Member colleges want to know your status as a Ventures
Scholar. When you complete the college application,
you should write that you received the Ventures Scholar
National Academic Recognition Award. As a senior,
you can also receive a certificate of recognition.
Please email dstasik@ventures.org
and provide him with your name and address.
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| "I am the parent of a Ventures Scholar and would like to know if students need to demonstrate financial need in order to be in the program. Also, we have received several waivers in the mail and again question using the waiver if it is strictly need based."
Responses were sent from:
Ventures Scholars Program.
Member Institution and Association Answers
Why don't you go to www.venturescholar.org/hs/feewaivers.html
to access a list of Ventures Scholar institutions
that offer fee waivers. If one of the institutions
in not on this list, I advise your child to contact
and find out the particular details.
Ventures Scholars Program
212-566-2522 ext. 103
webmaster@ventures.org
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| TIMELINE
FOR VENTURES SCHOLARS |
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| (Thanks to NACAC and College Board for providing
this important information.) |
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| Juniors
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Explore your college options. Start with you: Make
lists of your abilities, preferences, and personal
qualities. List things you may want to study and
do in college.
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Start thinking about financial aid. Talk to your
counselor about your college plans and attend college
night and financial aid night at your school.
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Take the SAT and/or ACT...this is a must.
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Keep your grades up! Remember that colleges look
at your entire high school academic record when
making admissions decisions: what you do in 9th
through 11th grade is just as important as what
you do as a high school senior.
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Consider college options. Decide what is important
to you: Location? Curriculum? Size? Diversity? Athletics?
Social life?
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Research your scholarship and grant options. Send
away for scholarship information and applications
with early deadlines. It's never too soon to do
so since some scholarship and grant applications
need to be received in the fall of your senior year.
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Make an effort to be involved in your community
or in extra-curricular activities at school. Join
a club, do a service project, sign up for a committee
at your church. Admissions officers and scholarship
providers will want to see evidence of your leadership
and commitment to service when they review your
applications next year.
Seniors
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Take care of remaining admissions applications
and any follow-up materials.
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Take any college entrance test(s) for which you
registered.
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Go along with your parents to financial aid seminars
available locally. Carefully read financial aid
applications you've obtained to determine what information
is required and when the applications are due.
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If you haven't gotten application materials for
your top scholarship, grant, and award options,
get them now. This month, try to finish several
simpler applications and at least one major application
for a scholarship, grant or award.
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Pay attention to early admission deadlines. By
November, submit applications for early decision
programs.
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Attend a financial aid presentation. These are
offered at schools, libraries, and college campuses.
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Narrow your list of intended colleges, and make
sure you have all the financial aid forms required
by each school. Required documents may not be the
same at each school, so pay close attention to what
each requires.
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Sign up to re-take the SAT or ACT. Buy a study
guide or sign up for a test prep course to take
before the actual test date. Believe it or not,
you CAN improve your test scores by taking them
a second time, and better scores could affect your
ability to get scholarships!
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If possible, visit any colleges you can. Find
out when there are prospective student activities
or if you can sign up to "shadow" an existing
college freshman.
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Be sure your first quarter grades are good.
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Continue completing applications to colleges.
Make copies of all applications before mailing the
applications.
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If you need financial aid, obtain a FAFSA (Free
Application for Federal Student Aid) from your guidance
office. Check to see if the colleges to which you
are applying require any other financial aid form.
Register for the CSS Profile if required and obtain
the college's own financial aid forms, if available.
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Keep all records, test score reports and copies
of applications for admission and financial aid.
Do not throw anything away until at least the end
of your first year in college. Having detailed records
will save you time and effort should anything be
lost or should you decide to apply in the future
to other colleges and scholarship programs.
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| CONTACT
MEMBER INSTITUTIONS |
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Links to help you better connect to over
200 member institutions.
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| As a Ventures Scholar, you can access information
about programs, opportunities and resources from over
200 member colleges and universities in 35 states.
Go to www.venturescholar.org/hs/undergradlist.html
to link to the Ventures Scholars Program member colleges
and universities.
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| Ventures Scholars can complete a questionnaire
which will be submitted to member colleges, universities
and professional associations for feedback. Please remember
to use complete sentences, check your grammar and reread
your answers before submitting them. College and university
admissions personnel will notice your mistakes!
Please go to www.venturescholar.org/hs/hsquest.asp
and complete the questionnaire.
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| MEMBER
INSTITUTION EVENTS |
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What’s going on at our member institutions.
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| We hope you are planning to visit your favorite
member institutions. Open houses offer opportunities
for Ventures Scholars to visit a college campus and
learn about their programs. Some member institutions
provide a one-day open house, others offer overnight
programs. If your favorite member institution is not
listed in this section, please go to www.venturescholar.org/hs/undergradcontact.html
and locate the name of the admissions representative.
Call or email them to obtain information about the open
house at your favorite member institution. Below is
a list of schools hosting open houses in November, December,
and January.
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College or University |
| November 2005 |
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| December 2005 |
- No information currently available.
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| January 2006 |
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Many of our students tell us it all clicked for them
during a campus visit.
You know that feeling. You find yourself in the right
place. And suddenly, it comes to you that you're where
you belong. You are to say this is my college.
2005 Autumn Visits
October 9 (Sunday Morning)
Horsing Around Macon
Riding Center Open House
During Fall Festival
Horse Show
October 9 (Sunday Afternoon)
Leaves and Lattes
Visit Day
October 29
Pumpkins and Parfaits
Visit Day
November 19
Traditions and Turkey
Visit Day
Register on-line at http://www.rmwc.edu/admissions
Or call 1-800-745-7692
*Please mention that you are a Ventures Scholar.
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| Spend the day on our dynamic campus and interact
with students, administrators and faculty members at
our:
Take-A-Look Open House
A Multicultural Perspective
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Highlights of the day:
- Academic departmental presentations
- Student Organization Fair
- Guided campus tours
For more information or to register, please contact
Tiffany V. Gary at 540-568-6017 or garytv@jmu.edu.
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| This fall Drew University is proud to introduce
two new exciting interdisciplinary programs:
Pan-African
Studies and Business,
Society and Culture.
Pan-African
Studies is an interdisciplinary program
that offers extensive study of the history, cultures,
politics and socio-economic structures of Africa and
the African Diaspora.
Students develop a comparative perspective in order
to understand the rich network of linkages, movements
and exchanges among African peoples; the complex geographical
and cultural landscapes in which they make their lives;
and the interactions among Europeans, Asians, Native
Americans, and peoples of African descent. The program
teaches students to use diverse historical, political,
ethnographic, artistic and literary forms of analysis
from the humanities; social and behavioral sciences;
and fine arts.
The Business,
Society and Culture minor offers students
the opportunity to pursue an innovative study of business
organizations, commercial culture, and market systems.
The minor's distinctive multidisciplinary curriculum
focuses on the origins, organization, conceptualization,
and the social, cultural and natural impact of business.
The minor includes colloquia and fieldtrip experiences.
These are just two of the newest of the 28
majors and 42
minors available to students at the college including
such programs as neurosciences, biochemistry, and a
rich pre-med curriculum.
For more information about Drew University please visit
their website at www.drew.edu
or call them at 973-408-DREW. And be sure to
mention that you are a Venture Scholar!
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| CONTACT
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS |
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| Links to professional association contacts.
They can answer your career-related questions. |
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| ADEA is the leading national organization for dental
education. Our members include all U.S. and Canadian
dental schools, advanced dental education programs,
hospital dental education programs, allied dental education
programs, corporations, faculty, and students.
The ADEA has a continuing commitment to leadership
and diversity. The mission of the American Dental Education
Association is to lead individuals and institutions
of the dental education community to address contemporary
issues influencing education, research, and the delivery
of oral health care for the improvement of the health
of the public.
Contact
Sonja Harrison, Director of Program Services
Phone: (202) 289-7201
Email: harrisons@adea.org
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| The Ventures Scholars Program understands the importance
of linking with professional associations and organizations
that can help Ventures Scholars prepare for math- and
science-based careers.
Go to www.venturescholar.org/hs/associntro.html
to learn more about our professional associations and
to get your career-related questions answered.
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| PARENT/GUARDIAN
CORNER |
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| This section provides Web site links to
topics relevant to parents/guardians of Ventures Scholars. |
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The results of this study are clear: In high schools
with significant minority and low-income student populations,
students can be prepared to succeed in credit-bearing
first-year college courses. And we know that the skills
expected for college are also the skills needed to enter
today’s workforce.
So whether students plan further education or work
after high school graduation, they need to graduate
college-ready.
These are the common components we found at the www.act.org/path/policy/pdf/success_report.pdf.
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| CAREER
EXPLORATION |
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This section links to Web sites that provide
you with information about math- and science-related careers.
You can also learn about the career planning process.
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| ACHIEVING
ACADEMIC SUCCESS |
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This section provides links to Web sites
that offer tips about study skills and other topics that
will help you achieve academic success.
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| SAT
AND ACT INFORMATION |
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| This section provides links
to Web sites that offer information and resources for
the SAT and ACT. |
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They're There to Answer Them Your school counselor,
or guidance counselor, is one of your best resources
as you plan for college. She or he has information about
admission tests, college preparation, and your education
and career options.
Read more:
http://www.collegeboard.com/article/0,3868,2-9-0-114,00.html
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| FINANCIAL
AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS |
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| Links to scholarship opportunities! |
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