College Forward11/27/12

Class schedule

• Community Service Announcements• Colleges of the Day• Lab time:

▫ Set up CoFo e-mail if you haven’t already▫ Work on resume and e-mail to me▫ Set up College Greenlight account▫ Look at community service opportunities on

volunteermatch.org▫ Begin looking for scholarships that you are eligible

for

Girlstart DeSTEMber Fest

• When: December 1st (this Saturday)• What: free event for young girls to explore

science, technology, engineering, and math• Where: Bob Bullock Texas State History

Museum• Girlstart needs volunteers to help lead booth

activities such as snowflake chemistry, igloo engineering, and gingerbread architecture

• Shifts: 10:30 am-3:30 pm, or take a shift from 10:30-1 or 1-3:30

Color Me Rad 5K

• When: December 8th (Saturday after next)

• What: 5K color run

• Color Me Rad needs volunteers to throw color bombs on runners and also to help clean up after the event

• Shifts: 7 am-12 pm (color bomb squad) or 11 am-4 pm (clean up)

• Let me know by Wednesday at the latest if you are interested in doing this!

UT Arlington

• Public university

• 25,419 undergrads

• Tuition + fees: $8,878

• 77% of financial need met on average

• 23:1 student to faculty ratio

• 74% retention

• 42% graduate within 6 years

• Pop majors: health professions, business, interdisciplinary studies, biology, and engineering

UT Arlington

UT Arlington

• A Best Western college

• Located roughly in the middle of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area

• Nationally recognized nursing program

• Unique programs include Southwestern Studies and Mexican-American Studies

• Only accredited school of architecture in the north Texas region

• 4th largest engineering college in Texas

Temple University

• Philadelphia, PA

• Public university

• 27,702 undergrads

• Tuition + fees: $23,422

• 84% of financial need met on average

• 15:1 student to faculty ratio

• 87% retention

• 67% graduate within 6 years

• Pop majors: business, communications, v&p arts, education, health professions

Temple University

• ACT middle 50%: 21-26

• 63% admitted

• A Best Northeastern College

• #2 Lots of Race/Class Interaction

• #8 2012 Top Entrepreneurial Programs

• Diamond Research Scholars program allows students to engage in mentored research or creative arts project during the fall or summer