college workshop series #2 college search and admission: paul weber, executive assistant for...
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College Workshop Series
#2
College Search and Admission:
Paul Weber, Executive Assistant for Guidance Massapequa Public Schools
Observations, Advice, and a Starting Point for Conversations…
“Finding Your Passion”
“You have six months to find one”Explore interestsLearn about yourselfFocus on select activities
“Jack of All Trades, Master of None”
“Depth of Commitment”
VS.
Leadership Time spent in
activity Initiative
“Capacity to Contribute”
Will you become an integral part of the campus community???
“Demonstrated Interest”
2010 Survey - Factors that are considered important (by percentage of Admissions Officers) are shown in the following table.
o Grades in college prep courses 83%
o Strength of curriculum 66%o Admission test scores (SAT, ACT)
59% o Grades in all courses 46%o Essay 27%o Student’s demonstrated
interest 23% o Counselor recommendation 19%o Teacher recommendation 19%o Subject test scores (AP, IB) 10% o Interview 9% o Extracurricular activities 7% o Portfolio 6% o SAT II scores 5% o State graduation exam scores 4% o Work 2%
“Yield” and College Rankings
The percentage of accepted students who enroll
Harvard Class of 2015 – 75.9% yield rate!
“Freshman Retention Rate” A telltale indicator
2013 Averages:2-Year Community Colleges: 54.9%
4-Year Private Colleges and Universities: 74.4%
4-Year Public Colleges and Universities: 72.3%
National Avg. For All Schools: 67.6%nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator
“Relationships”The Common Denominator
Counselor, Teachers, Coaches, Administrators…Why???
More personal letters of recommendation More specific advice and guidance with deeper knowledge of
student Student more likely to show social confidence and maturity in the
application process Connection to school community revealed Networking
“Responsibility and Independence”
Notebook on Specific CollegesIncreased applications to: • U. of Colorado (33% increase in one year!)• Colorado State University • U. of Washington
Common theme here?
Colleges with significantly increased selectivity in the past 2 years:• Marist College• Northeastern Universit
Notebook on Specific Colleges
State Universities with increased out-of-state focus• U. of Alabama• West Virginia University• Pennsylvania State System (East
Stroudsburg, Bloomsburg, California U. of PA, Kutztown, Shippensburg, etc.)
Small, private college looking to increase Long Island enrollment:• Hobart and William Smith Colleges
College Admission Trends
Population • 10% reduction in college age population on east
coast over the next decade or so…Challenge for public colleges in east.
Financing College• Students attending first choice college lowest in 4
decades!...Challenge for private colleges to lower tuition and/or provide greater scholarships/grants.
Applying early• Early Action and Early Decision programs – Statistically
significant advantage to doing so when student meets the GPA/SAT avg. and above.
Naviance Family Connection
o College searcho Career interest inventories and personality
assessmentso Massapequa specific admissions datao Scholarship searcho Enrichment program linkso email communicationo Electronic submission of college application
materials
A fantastic resource!
Coming to a computer near you in early December
***Individual access codes parents to be mailed home in December
ROADTRIP NATION INTERVIEW ARCHIVE
During the next 12 Months…Find your passions
Reveal your commitment
Demonstrate your interest
Build relationships
Research your future
MSD Guidance DepartmentPaul Weber, Executive Assistant for Guidance
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
- Yeats