Northwood High School March 22, 2017 www.regionaladmissions.com
Providing Options In A Student’s College Search Presented By your friendly neighborhood admission counselors
Oh how the years fly by …
College Search Process Basically three phases… YOU decide which colleges you are applying to… WE decide which students are offered admission… YOU decide your final college choice… YOU have more control over the process and final outcome than you think!
You make your college list… Nearly 1 million students graduating from CA high schools and Community Colleges each year… …With 107 Four Year Colleges/Universities to consider in CA
You make your college list… Increasing Selectivity of California Schools: 9 of the 10 schools with the most number of applications are in CA. #1-6 are UC's, #7 and #8 are CSU's. #10 is USC (2015, US News) This year UCLA was first school to receive over 100,000 applications (2016, Washington Post)
You make your college list… vs 221 colleges Over 17,000 colleges About 4,000 in USA It’s all about choices…
YOU decide your final college choice… Fears about going out-of-state… Too far from home I won’t fit in It costs too much
YOU decide your final college choice… Too far from home…
YOU decide your final college choice… I won’t fit in…
YOU decide your final college choice… It costs too much…
YOU decide your final college choice… Average UC Cost = $34,200 Tuition, Fees, R&B, Personal, books, transportation – 2016-17 (UC Web Site www.universityofcalifornia.edu) Average CSU Cost = $25,384 Fees, R&B, Personal, books, transportation – 2016-17 (CSU Web Site www.calstate.edu/sas/costofattendance) Average State School/Out-of-State = $35,370 Fees, R&B, Personal, books, transportation – 2016-17 Average Private School Costs = $45,370 Tuition, Fees, R&B, Personal, books, transportation – 2016-17
YOU decide your final college choice… It costs too much … Net Price Calculators are available on a college’s or university’s website and allow prospective students to enter information about themselves to find out what students like them paid to attend the institution in the previous year, after taking grants and scholarship aid into account.
YOU decide your final college choice Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE – pronounced “Woo E”) What is it? Students in Western states may enroll in participating two-year and four- year public college programs at a reduced tuition level – up to 150 percent of the institution’s regular resident tuition. In all cases, WUE tuition is considerably less than nonresident tuition. Participating States Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
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