Duke, Gerogetown, Harvard, Penn and Stanford present Exploring College Options - Student/Parent Information Sessions . In Sacramento on Tuesday, May 22 at 7:30 pm at the Double Tree Sacramento (2001 Point West Way). For more information please visit http://www.exploringcollegeoptioins.org
Learn more about Dartmouth at two upcoming presentations in Northern California. Thursday, May 10th at 7 pm at the Harding Elementary School Theater (7230 Fairmount Avenue, El Cerrito) or Monday, May 14th at 7 pm at the Google West Campus-Building 2 (1501 Salado Drive, Mountain View). For more information and to RSVP please visit http://www.dartmouth.edu/admissions/nearyou
Would you like to attend UC Davis this summer? Enroll in UC Davis Summer Session. You must have completed your junior year of high school and be capable of handling introductory-level university courses. Registration begins 4/30. Session I: 6/25 to 8/3. Session II: 8/6 - 0/14. Enroll online at http://www.summer-sessions.ucdavis.edu
Colleges That Change Lives 2012 Events - Sunday, July 29, 2012 in Santa Clara at the Santa Clara Convention Center 3 pm. Monday, July 30 in San Francisco at the Marin Center, 7 pm.
What will you discover this summer? Something about the earth? Something about Life? Something about yourself? The Yosemite Summer Field Research Course is for high school students with a passion for exploration, science, and adventure. Go on a backpacking adventure in Yosemite National Park ~ Create your own research project ~ Learn to think like a scientist. Course dates are July 28 - August 10, 2012. Visit http://www.yosemitefieldresearch.org or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for more information.
Sacramento State’s Admissions and Outreach invites prospective students and their families to join them for the following events. For questions regarding these events please call 916.278-7766 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The 2012 Horatio Alger Scholarship is now open for online submissions. You must be a high school senior with plans to enter college in the fall following your graduation. You must have a strong commitment to pursuing and completing a bachelor’s degree. Other eligibility requirements are: you must show critical financial need, involement in co-curricular and community service activities, minimum 2.0 GPA and be a US citizen. For more information and to submit your online application, visit http://www.horatioalger.org/scholarships .
Job Opportunity: Cosumnes Community Services Parks & Recreation Department - Multiple positions available for seasonal and part-time positions. Please see the flyer in Brother Edward Hall for further information or you can download an application at www.yourcsd.com/jobs.
Sacramento Region Community Foundation administers scholarship funds established by generous individuals, organizations, or corporations to assist students with their educational needs. Each scholarship fund has specific eligibility criteria defined by the donor. Generally, applicants should be a high school graduate, demonstrate financial need, plan to attend an accredited 2 year or 4 year college or university and be a full time student. For more information or to determine eligibility and requirements, visit www.sacregcf.org.
Scholarship Opportunities: The Links Inc. have several scholarship opportunities if you are a graduating African American high school senior. Visit www.sacramentolinks.org for more information on individual scholarships and to apply.
Cappex.com ~ College search made simple ~ has been designing new features to support students with their unique Scholarship Matching tool. Now on Cappex you can find scholarship matches from thousands of national and local organizations, easily view the competition for each scholarship so you can realistically understand what your chances are and understand the time it takes to complete each application. Go to www.cappex.com/scholarships to get started.
Seniors: Looking for Scholarships? Go to www.ScholarshipExperts.com . They are a free scholarship matching service with a database of over 2.4 million scholarships worth over $14 billion.
The CB SCHOOL CODE is 052697—use this when registering to take the SAT and/or ACT, or when applying to colleges.
Did you know? There is a scholarship at Saint Mary’s College that grants ALL students who graduate from a Lasallian high school and are admitted to Saint Mary’s with a 3.3 GPA or above the Lasallian Leadership Scholarship - a $10,000 renewable scholarship for a total of $40,000! Wow!
Not sure what you want to major in at college? Wondering what sort of career would be a good fit? Be sure to complete ‘Do What You Are’ at the Family Connection https://connection.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=cbhs and click on Personality Profile on the left menu to help you discover your personality type and your strengths. Check out the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) for information on careers: http://www.bls.gov/ocol
EnrichmentAlley is a summer, school year, and gap year enrichment program search engine. At EnrichmentAlley you can do free searches for programs - you can search by subject, location, type of program, or any combination of these for both individual and group programs. Unique to EnrichmentAlley is the REVIEW feature - a place where former participants, their parents, and educators can share their experiences with specific programs and help others to make informed choices when selecting an enrichment program.
Here is a great link for scholarships for minority students: http://www.affirmativeaction.org/resources-scholarships.html
For a list of current scholarships available to graduating high school seniors, please visit Family Connection, and click on “Scholarships”.
Job Corps provides income-eligible young men and women, ages 16 to 24, with an opportunity to gain the experience they need to begin a career or advance to higher education. The program provides training in more than 100 career areas and can help students earn their high school diplomas or GEDs. Visit the Job Corps Web site at http://www.jobcorps.dol.gov/ for more information.
CaliforniaColleges.edu has made searching for scholarships a snap! Students can now search over 8,590 different scholarship sources representing more than a million possible awards! Students can quickly and easily build a Scholarship profile based on their interests, skills, affiliations, and more to gain access to thousands of dollars in scholarship money. To use the Scholarship Search, go to www.californiacolleges.edu/ and click on “Tools”. Scroll down to “Scholarship Search” under the Finance section, then simply follow the directions to start your scholarship search.
Ten different black colleges/universities are looking for senior African-American males who want to go to college out of state for FREE. The HBCU Colleges are looking for future black male teachers and will send them to universities/college for 4 years FREE. This is for African-American males only. Go to www.callmemister.clemson.edu/index.htm
Common Application (Private Colleges)
The Common Application is the recommended form of over 300 selective colleges and universities for admission to their undergraduate programs. Many of these institutions use the form exclusively. All give equal consideration to the Common Application and the college’s own form. Go to www.commonapp.org/.
Try www.weeklyscholarshipalert.org/ to sign up to have scholarship notices emailed to you each week.
REGISTER FOR THE SELECTIVE SERVICE
If you are a male and at least 17 years 3 months of age, you can submit your information and be automatically registered when you turn 18. You must register within 30 days of your 18th birthday or you will be in violation of the law plus be ineligible for Federal student loans, job training programs, and government jobs. Go to www.sss.gov/ to get started.
Juniors:
Are you interested in attending a CSU Campus? IMPORTANT: Did you know that you can fulfill your two years of Science with a UC/CSU ‘d’ and a ‘g’ approved course? In other words, as long as you have one year of LIFE SCIENCE (Biology, Human Physiology, Watershed, Biotechnology) and one year of PHYSICAL SCIENCE (Chemistry, Physics, or the ‘g’-approved Advanced Physical Science) with a C or above, you are eligible to apply to a CSU campus!
News from the University of California:
Statistics: UC does accept Intro to Stats as a “g” elective and considers it a fourth year of math, but it does NOT FULFILL the math “c” requirement.
Are you interested in college in the United Kingdom? Students can apply to six British universities with one common Universities and Colleges Admissions Service application. For more information, visit www.studyintheuk.org/ .
