Colleges Don't Like Senior Slump in High School
ABC News - Mar 10, 2010
OK, mom and dad. Remember your last semester of high school? Chances are you weren't freaking out about your AP chem class. Your prom plans may have mattered more than your 12th-grade GPA. And if you were headed to college, you were probably waiting to hear from just a couple of schools...
Going Need Blind
Inside Higher Ed - Mar 10, 2010
While most private colleges offer generous financial aid packages to some students, only a few dozen have policies that allow them to say that anyone who is academically qualified for admission will be able to enroll. These policies involve admitting students without regard to financial need ...
7 Myths About Financial Aid
CBS News MoneyWatch - Mar 2, 2010
We’re in the thick of the dreaded college financial-aid season (some states have early-March deadlines), so this is an ideal time to explode the seven biggest myths about aid..
At Penn, gay students help recruit gay applicants
USA Today - Mar 1, 2010
At many colleges, it's a standard part of the recruiting process once applicants are admitted. Current students who share individual traits or academic interests help reach out to prospective students with similar backgrounds or interests...
Idiocy in the age of Facebook
New York Post - Feb 28, 2010
A 2009 study concluded that 45% of employers were checking social-networking sites before deciding whether to hire someone. That’s shocking: only 45%? (A similar study the previous year reported that only 22% of employers were checking. Note the trend, and how quickly it’s moving...
Public college tuitions spike 15%, even 30%
CNNMoney.com - Feb 24, 2010
New York (CNNMoney.com) -- Tuition at many public colleges and universities is skyrocketing, thanks to state budget deficits that have choked off funding for higher education. ...
Student survey boosts colleges overshadowed by US News & World Report list
Washington Post - Feb 16, 2010
In the game of collegiate rankings, Loyola University Maryland is a perennial backbencher, tucked away on an inside page of the annual U.S. News & World Report list of "America's Best colleges." ...
Q&A: College gender gap has far-reaching consequences
USA Today - Feb 9, 2010
Q:As colleges nationwide review freshman applications over the next several weeks, many will face lopsided numbers of male and female candidates. Some colleges maintain a gender balance, but national data in recent years show a 57%-43% split favoring women,...
Do colleges redline Asian-Americans?
Boston Globe - Feb 8, 2010
SAT SCORES aren’t everything. But they can tell some fascinating stories. Take 1,623, for instance. That’s the average score of Asian-Americans, a group that Daniel Golden - editor at large of Bloomberg News and author of “The Price of Admission’’ - has labeled “The New Jews.’’ ...
UC sleuths seek proof for glorious claims on admission applications
San Jose Mercury News - Jan 31, 2010
Did you donate the profits from your violin recital to support a homeless shelter? Were you part of a deer rescue squad during a major forest fire? Was that you who donated gallons of blood to the Red Cross? Well, if you said so on your UC application, you better be ready to prove it....
College gender gap remains stable: 57% women
USA Today - Jan 26, 2010
The gender gap on campus — about 57% female, 43% male — is troubling, but it's not getting any worse, a report says today....
Amid recession, some college admissions policies look at students' wealth
Washington Post - Jan 10, 2010
In these agonizing months between the completion of college applications and the arrival of the first envelopes in the spring, many high school seniors and their parents are speculating about whether the economic downturn will harm their chances of admission to one of the nation's top colleges and universities...
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Selecting 2010-2011 Courses. Current SAS students in grades 8 through 11 are now selecting the courses they would like to request for next year. Information about the process and courses can be found on the HS website. Students who are new to SAS will be asked to submit their requests to their new counselor beginning in April.
Financial Aid/Scholarships for International Students - March 16, 7 pm in H301 Audience: junior parents whose students are non-US passport holders
Early Action/Decision Results. SAS seniors have learned of early acceptances at the following: Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, New York University, Northwestern, Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, and Yale (and remember that neither Princeton nor Harvard have any early programs). Watch Family Connection for updated details. The New York Times has further information about acceptance rates for a group of selective schools. Have you ever wondered about the differences in acceptance rates between early and regular applications? Take a look a this chart for 2009 data.
Podcast: College Information Night for Parents of Juniors. On December 9, 2009, the department presented our annual College Information Night. You can download the PowerPoint and listen to the podcast:
SAS High School Profile. Each time a transcript is sent in support of a college application or if a student is transferring to another high school, a High School Profile is sent. This document gives a snapshot of SAS and gives context to the people reviewing an SAS transcript. Our 2009-2010 Profile is now available.
SAS Counselors at Major Summer Conference. The five counselors who work with students in grades 11 and 12 all attended the annual Overseas Association for College Admission Conference in July in California. Counselor Dale Ford moderated two panels attended by admission officers related to the recruitment of students in Asia. Over 500 admission officers and international school counselors were at the conference.
Special Instructions for SAS Students Taking the SAT. The SAS SAT test center is "private" and requires a special set of instructions. If you are an SAS student and want to take the SAT here, registration can be done online, but it requires an extra step. If you do not follow these instructions, you will not be able to see the SAS test center when you register. Login to your Family Connection account, click "home" and then "from my school" and you will find details on how to register.
How did we do? Each year we ask the people we work with to provide feedback on how on the SAS Counseling Department. Here is the summary of what we found.
College Information for Parents of Freshmen and Sophomores. In October, Counselors Dawn Betts and Beth Kramer presented at the PTA coffee on early college planning for 9th and 10th grade students.:
Parent Reading List. During the summer some teachers assign reading assignments to their future students. The Counseling Department decided that we would also offer some book titles - for parents. Click here for suggestions.
Counselors speak at CIS and ECIS conferences in Europe. Beth Kramer and Frieda Dietrich gave presentations in Munich and Hamburg, Germany on topics related to college counseling this past November. Over 500 HS counselors and college admissions officers were in attendance at this major networking event.
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