HAPPY THURSDAY! *^^*

1. Please work on The Last of College Terms worksheet

2. Sign attendance sheet/get snack3. Make sure you mark what size t-shirt

you would like!4. We do not need laptops until later, so

don’t worry about getting one5. Relax before class

Thank you! *^^*

EARLY DECISION A binding commitment a student makes

when he/she applies to a school. If the student is accepted, he/she must attend the school

EARLY ACTION If a student sends his/her application in

by an early deadline, he/she will be notified of his/her application status in December rather than in April. This decision, however, is not binding

REGULAR DECISION Normal process by which students apply

to a school by published deadlines, with promise of receiving an admissions decision by April 1

ROLLING ADMISSION Applications are reviewed as they arrive

in the college’s admissions office. With this type of admissions process, the earlier an application is submitted, the better

ANNOUNCEMENTS Practice ACT exam

For those of you who have not yet taken a practice ACT exam…

For those of you who took the practice ACT exam, next Thursday will be a make-up day

Let’s finish our resumes!This is the last day that we will be working on

resumes

ANNOUNCEMENTS What the next four classes will hold for

us…We will start essays on Tuesday!Financial aid and scholarships, introduction

to standardized testing, and career exploration

COLLEGE OF THE DAY

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

Main campus is located in Baton Rouge, LA

A large, public university with 23,977 total undergrads

79.6% acceptance rate Tuition and Fees: $22,265 Total cost of attendance: $36,983 per year 79% of financial need is met by aid 64% of freshman who needed aid received

it Graduation rate is 62% Retention rate is 84%

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

Student-faculty ratio is 23:1 Most popular majors: Business,

Management and Marketing (18%), Education (9%) Engineering (9%)

ACT score range: 22-28 SAT score range: 1030-1240 LSU's landscaping is listed among the 20

best campuses in America in Thomas Gaines's The Campus as a Work of Art

Home of The Southern Review, one of the world's most prestigious literary journals

Famous graduates: Shaquille O'Neal, Sylvia Fowles (WNBA), and Kenneth Brown (Host of HGTV's show "ReDesign“)

Mascot, Mike VI, is a live Bengal-Siberian Tiger mix that lives in a 15,000 square foot habitat across from Tiger Stadium

STANFORD UNIVERSITY Located between San Francisco and San Jose

in the heart of Silicon Valley A medium, four year, private university 6,988 total undergrads Tuition and fees: $41,787 Total cost: $58,536 100% of financial need is met by aid 83% of freshmen who need aid had it met Average 1st year financial aid package:

$41,415 Graduation rate is 96% Retention rate is 98% 6.6% selective rate – VERY competitive

STANFORD UNIVERSITY Student-faculty ratio is 5:1 Most popular majors: Computer Science, Human

Biology, Engineering, Biology, and Economics #1 on US News 2013 Best Business Schools list #2 on US News 2012 Best Engineering Schools list #5 on The Times Higher Education World University

Rankings for best Engineering and Technology list (in the world)

SAT score range: 1360-1550 ACT score range: 30-34 Famous graduates: Jennifer Connelly (actress), Tiger

Woods (golfer), John Elway (NFL), John McEnroe (tennis), Sergey Brin and Larry Page (Google founders), John Steinbeck (author)

GET YOUR WRITE ON!

Tell me about someone who has made an impact on your life and explain how AND why this person is important to

you.

RESUMES I would like for us to be done with

resumes by the end of today’s class. *^^*

BEFORE YOU LEAVE: Clean up the room! Email me your resume as an

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