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2. Is College Worth It?  Jobs for high school grads are shrinking.  Salaries for high school grads are 20% lower than in 1980.  A bachelor’s degree is worth $1 million more than a high school diploma.

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5. Major Initiatives  Website: www.reachhighscholars.org www.reachhighscholars.org  Summer Enrichment Programs  PSAT/SAT Boot Camps  Reach High Scholars Club  College Visits  Contributions for Fees and Transportation Expenses

6. Summer Academic Enrichment Programs Summer Academic Enrichment Programs Phillips Exeter Academy Summer School (34) Advanced Studies Program – St. Paul’s School (22) Summer@Brown (5) About $522,000 of financial aid from Summer Enrichment partners in past seven years (of which over $153,000 was reimbursed by RHSP and supporters)

7. SAT Boot Camp  Conducted by Academic Approach  Open to all RHS students  All classes on Saturday mornings  Winter ’15 –‘16 SAT Prep for Juniors: 13 sessions during December-April

8. College Visits  Identify 15 – 20 to visit  Info sessions, tours and things to look for  Interviews  Don’t fall in love until April of senior year  RHSP website: suggested itineraries, dress codes, interview tips and transportation contributions

9. 16 Highly Competitive Colleges BrownHamiltonMt. HolyokeSt. Lawrence CarletonHobartRochesterTrinity Conn. CollegeHoly CrossRPIUnion DartmouthLafayetteSkidmoreWheaton  Low Acceptance Rates: Average: 37%  Need good "Mud on the Wall" for Acceptance  Low Student/Faculty Ratio: Average 10 to 1  High Six-Year Graduation Rate: 87%  High Salaries: Starting $50K; Mid-Career $98K  Average Endowment per Student: $255K

10. 7 Competitive Colleges BenningtonNortheasternWPI Boston UniversitySt. Anselm ClarkSimmons  Average Acceptance Rates: 53%  Average Student/Faculty Ratio: 14:1  Six-Year Graduation Rate: 77%  Salaries: Starting $50K; Mid-Career: $92K  Average Endowment per Student: $57K

11. 3 NH State Colleges KeenePlymouthUNH  Average Acceptance Rates: 79%  Average Student/Faculty Ratio: 18:1  Six-Year Graduation Rate: 66%  Salaries: Starting $42K; Mid-Career: $72K  Average Endowment per Student: $22K

12. 5 NH Private Colleges Colby SawyerNE CollegeRivier SNHUFranklin Pierce  Average Acceptance Rates: 88%  Average Student/Faculty Ratio: 21:1  Six-Year Graduation Rate: 50%  Salaries: Starting $44K; Mid-Career: $68K  Average Endowment per Student: $12K

13. Paying  Grants, Loans and Student Jobs  Need Blind vs. Need Aware  Need-Based Aid vs. Merit Scholarships

14. Paying (2) Sticker Price ($000) Net Price Paid By “Mid- Income” Value Received/ Student % With Debt Avg. Debt ($000) Mid- Income HCC62.119.162.795434.1 CC58.332.339.67287.3 NH Pub25.716.228.48322.6 NH Pvt4737.224.084107.0 "Mid-Income" is households earning $48-75K. Raymond's median household income is $61,463, which is almost exactly in the middle of that range.

15. Examples of Great Outcomes  Charlie Martin (RHS ’09, RPI ’13) – pursuing Ph.D in Astrophysics at RPI;  KarryAnne Belanger (RHS ’10, Wheaton ’14) – pursuing Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Univ. of Texas Medical School;  Steve Diamond (RHS ’10, WPI ’14) – Software Engineer at BAE Systems, a multinational defense, security and aerospace company;  Jesse Hardman (RHS ’11, Skidmore ’15) – Fulbright Scholarship to teach in Germany for a year and then going to law school;

16. Examples of Great Outcomes (2)  Samantha Harmon (RHS ’11, Dartmouth ’15) – Product Innovation Associate at Athenahealth, a healthcare technology company;  Jake Leavitt (RHS ’11, Brown ’15) – Research Assistant in Department of Psychiatry at Yale Medical School;  Jon Lemay (RHS ’11, Skidmore ’15) – English Teacher at Lausanne Collegiate School, a private secondary school in Memphis, TN;  Amy Neeper (RHS ’11, Holy Cross ’15) – pursuing Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) Degree at Mass. College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.