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How to get into the Nation’s Top Schools: Secrets to Applying to Selective Enrollment Schools and to getting a fabulous education at little or no cost!
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Respect each other Turn off your phone, the next 45 minutes will be more important to your future than any Facebook post or text you receive during this time or the next year! YOU may earn $130,000 tax free in the next hour given my suggestions! Collectively this room could receive up to ____ million dollars in financial aid in 2 years.
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Who are you and why should I listen to you? Background A step-dad Twins entering university $120,000 year in tuition for private school or stuck with $59,000 in state school with no financial help. We preferred not to spend life saving for state school! We had the resources to afford research, travel, & networking. Family education/experience I like to look outside the box for solutions.
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Financial Aid ▪ Free consultation with private consulting firms ▪ Free consultation with High school counselors Top Schools ▪ Admission Success ▪ Employment Success Ivy Coaches—Why pay for them-I got free consultation Diversity-how to use it as an advantage??? College fairs Phone Calls Parchment—other data bases 25 Schools Visited I have put in another 40 hours looking into transfer!
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Get you to consider schools that were off your radar Step outside your safety zone. Take a risk. Secure a chance for a better future. Look outside the box for solutions.
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MONEY! Study abroad with financial aid Small Class size ▪ Organic Chemistry 9 or 400? Which leads to success? Internship Opportunities--$6000 Connecticut College Networking Opportunities ▪ Famous Alumni with connections
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63 best schools for financial aid-- ▪ Need Blind-Full financial aid met ▪ Compare UIC/Cornell ▪ Depaul/Bates ▪ Net price Calculator US News and World Review-College Rankings http://www.cbsnews.com/news/63-colleges- with-the-best-financial-aid/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/63-colleges- with-the-best-financial-aid/ http://www.bates.edu/financial-services/costs- financial-aid/financial-aid-estimator/ http://www.bates.edu/financial-services/costs- financial-aid/financial-aid-estimator/
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Financial Aid This is the federal Estimated Family Contribution or EFC?
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http://www.finaid.cornell.edu/cost- attend/financial-aid-initiatives http://www.finaid.cornell.edu/cost- attend/financial-aid-initiatives
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Great Grades, 3.5 or better Prepare for an interview Great test scores 28+ ACT or test optional. Test optional Schools. Super-score. Great Essay ▪ Start Very Early—plan on spending 40 hours on this ▪ Get help ▪ Get more help ▪ Compelling story Great Recommendations ▪ Early request ▪ Have a relationship with professor/dean/etc.
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Over 800 schools are test optional including many of the 63 schools that I suggest http://www.fairtest.org/university/optional http://www.fairtest.org/university/optional
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1 ACT TEST Math30 Reading22 English24 Science22 Composite24 3 ACT TEST Math30282230 Read222532 ENG242532 Sci22342234 Comp24282732
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Start early Research what is expected for it, no surprises at 11pm when it is due by 11.59pm START EARLY-today would be a good day!
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Some students have a background or story that is so central to their identity that they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what lessons did you learn? Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again? Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there, and why is it meaningful to you? Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family
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You may have better chance as transfer http://transferweb.com/stats/transfer- acceptance-rates/#.VCNmGPnRUVw http://transferweb.com/stats/transfer- acceptance-rates/#.VCNmGPnRUVw High chance verses low CHANCE! I suggest applying to a dozen schools 4 Reach/4 mid-tier, 4 safety schools Opportunities to negotiate financial aid package
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Look for schools that are under-represented Many of these schools want to increase their diversity! But have been unsuccessful. http://wp.stolaf.edu/about/files/2013/11/StOP rofile.pdf http://wp.stolaf.edu/about/files/2013/11/StOP rofile.pdf Parchment Example: https://www.parchment.com/u/college/1671- Wesleyan-University/fit https://www.parchment.com/u/college/1671- Wesleyan-University/fit
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Female student with children? Smith College-Child care is included in Financial Aid Calculation http://www.smith.edu/sfs/docs/prospective_ada_instr uctions.pdf http://www.smith.edu/sfs/docs/prospective_ada_instr uctions.pdf Cornell-Biology one school 7%, Another 30% http://admissions.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/Transf er%20Guide%202013-14.pdf page 5 http://admissions.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/Transf er%20Guide%202013-14.pdf Transfer statistics and how to predict future opportunities Diversity-St. Olaf—look at the Band?? Something missing?http://www.morrissuntribune.com/sites/defa ult/files/styles/16x9_860/public/fieldimages/1/0128/no rseman-band.jpg?itok=cF21zETRhttp://www.morrissuntribune.com/sites/defa ult/files/styles/16x9_860/public/fieldimages/1/0128/no rseman-band.jpg?itok=cF21zETR
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Vassar-Summer program for community college students—Any 1 st year students? Veterans-Veteran’s Posse Warrior Scholar’s program Foreign university—Korean Veteran heritage??
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Transfer Center Director on your campus The internet Search list Pick up your phone AND ASK!
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Presentation selective useful web sites Transfer acceptance rates http://transferweb.com/stats/transfer-acceptance-rates/#.VCNmGPnRUVw http://transferweb.com/stats/transfer-acceptance-rates/#.VCNmGPnRUVw Test optional schools http://www.thecollegesolution.com/colleges-and-universities-that-are-test- optional/ http://www.thecollegesolution.com/colleges-and-universities-that-are-test- optional/ Dad efc http://www.thecollegesolution.com/answering-a-dads-financial-aid-question/ http://www.thecollegesolution.com/answering-a-dads-financial-aid-question/ CSS/FAFSA http://www.forbes.com/sites/troyonink/2013/01/02/2013-simplified-guide-to- expected-family-contribution-efc-and-college-aid/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/troyonink/2013/01/02/2013-simplified-guide-to- expected-family-contribution-efc-and-college-aid/ 63 best schools for aid http://www.cbsnews.com/news/63-colleges-with-the-best-financial-aid/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/63-colleges-with-the-best-financial-aid/ Article about discrimination in college admissions http://priceonomics.com/post/48794283011/do-elite-colleges-discriminate- against-asians http://priceonomics.com/post/48794283011/do-elite-colleges-discriminate- against-asians Harold Washington Transfer Information http://ccc.edu/colleges/washington/departments/Pages/Transfer-Resources.aspx http://ccc.edu/colleges/washington/departments/Pages/Transfer-Resources.aspx
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