1. Presented by Stacey Hackett, MA.Ed OUT-OF-STATE UNIVERSITIES

2. WHAT TO EXPECT Western Undergraduate Exchange scholarship program (WUE) Common Application Letters of Recommendation Counselor Teacher Admission Options How to decide…

3. WUE 150 percent of the institution's regular resident tuition Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming states affordable access to programs that may not be available in their home state or that do not have sufficient capacity. WUE also provides students with a more diverse array of institutions in which to enroll. Virtually all undergraduate fields are available to WUE students at participating colleges and universities. Some institutions have opened their entire curriculum on a space- available or first-come, first-serve basis; others offer only designated programs at the reduced WUE rate. Currently, 150 public institutions participate in WUE; not all public institutions in every WICHE state participate in the program http://wiche.edu/wue

4. COMMON APPLICATION Applications that students and school officials may submit to over 500 schools Universities that promote access by evaluating students using a holistic selection process Application requirements (handout) https://www.commonapp.org/Login Naviance supports Common Application School Profile Letters of recommendation (teacher/counselor) Transcript request School Reports (mid-year/end-of-year)

5. Early action is not binding, so a student admitted to a school early action could choose not to enroll in that school. Furthermore, early decision programs require applicants to file only one early application, while, depending on the institution, early action programs may allow candidates to apply to more than one early action institution. [1] [1] It is used to indicate to the University or College that the candidate considers that institution to be his or her top choiceUniversity College Candidates applying early decision typically submit their applications by the end of October of their senior year of high school and receive a decision in mid-December.senior year of high school Constitutes a binding commitment to enroll; that is, if offered admission under an early decision program, and the financial aid offered by the school, if requested, is acceptable, the candidate must withdraw all other applications to other institutions and enroll at that institution APPLICATION OPTIONS Early DecisionEarly Action

6. Rolling admission, candidates are invited to submit their applications to the university anytime within a large window. The window is usually over six months long, and some schools do not have a previously specified end date (the window simply closes when all spots are filled). The university will then review the application and notify the applicant of their decision within a few weeks from submission. APPLICATION OPTIONS Rolling

7. MAKING DECISIONS…. Visit campus Develop relationships with admission reps (college visits, college fairs, blogs, etc) Attend Tucson College Night at TCC– October Things to consider when researching Out-of-State options: Global World – competitiveness Majors/Programs/Belief Systems Admission requirements Distance from home Why you?

8. College/Scholarship tracking form KEEPING IT ALL ORGANIZED

9. QUESTIONS?