1. Northwood High School March 22, 2017

2. Providing Options In A Student’s College Search
Presented By
your friendly
neighborhood
admission counselors

3. Oh how the years fly by …

4. 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!

5. 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

6. 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)

7. You make your college list…vs
221 colleges
Over 17,000 colleges
About 4,000 in USA
It’s all about choices…

8. 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

9. YOU decide your final college choice…
Too far from home…

10. YOU decide your final college choice…
I won’t fit in…

11. YOU decide your final college choice…
It costs too much…

12. YOU decide your final college choice…
Average UC Cost = $34,200 Tuition, Fees, R&B, Personal, books, transportation –
(UC Web Site
Average CSU Cost = $25,384 Fees, R&B, Personal, books, transportation –
(CSU Web Site
Average State School/Out-of-State = $35,370
Fees, R&B, Personal, books, transportation –
Average Private School Costs = $45,370 Tuition, Fees, R&B, Personal, books, transportation –

13. 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.

14. 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

15. Thank you to the students at Northwood High School
Providing Options In A Student’s College Search
Thank you to the students at
Northwood High School