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COLLEGE THURSDAY
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CPS Scholarship Info Session When: Friday, November 22 @ 5:30-8PM Where: UIC - Student Center East CPS SENIOR students & families are encouraged to attend an informational scholarship session. What to expect: A Strategic Scholarship Fair, Scholarship Writing Support Tips,
FAFSA Completion Support, Highlight of the City Colleges of Chicago STAR Scholarship Program. CLICK HERE to RSVP |
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University of Chicago - Collegiate Scholar's Program - Info Session When: Thursday, December 5 @ 3:15PM Where: CCC Who: Freshmen The University of Chicago Collegiate Scholar’s Program (UCCSP) was founded in 2003 as a three-year enrichment program that aims to prepare talented Chicago Public High School students in grades 10-12 for admission and success at the nation’s top colleges and universities. UCCSP is shaped around a core curriculum of humanities, social science, math, and science courses during the summer months and enrichment activities geared toward college readiness, cultural awareness, civic engagement, and leadership during the academic year Come to the info session to learn more...or CLICK HERE |
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Gray Matter Experience The Gray Matter Experience is an 12-week entrepreneurship exposure experience in which up to 30 top high school students across Chicago will be selected to participate. During the program, you will work with students across the city learning how to build businesses from entrepreneurs and professionals. You'll then take that knowledge and create a business to help impact communities on the South and West sides of the city. Throughout the program, you'll also go on several fun and interactive field trips to see hands on applications of entrepreneurship and behind-the-scenes processes of some of Chicago's coolest professions. All participating students will receive a stipend that can be used to fund their businesses or towards internships to learn more about the entrepreneurial community. Application Deadline: January 31, 2020 CLICK HERE for more info & apply |
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Featured Scholarship Comcast Leaders & Achievers Scholarship The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program recognizes students who exemplify skills and abilities throughout their high school careers and who serve as models for their fellow students. Amount: $2,500 Deadline: December 6 For more info CLICK HERE |
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Featured College Monmouth University - West Long Branch, NJ Website: www.monmouth.edu
Monmouth University, the region's premier private coastal university, attracts students looking for a personalized learning environment that will ignite their curiosity and prepare them for life after graduation. Small classes, which allow for individual attention and student-faculty dialogue, together with careful academic advising and career counseling, are hallmarks of a Monmouth education. Students benefit from an intellectually challenging academic experience built on a strong liberal arts foundation. A ratio of 13 students to each professor ensures active and engaged learning.
In and out of the classroom, ideas are nurtured and become real, hands-on experiences that make a meaningful difference in the lives of students and others. Experiential education, which includes study abroad, service learning projects, internships, and cooperative learning experiences, is a required part of the undergraduate curriculum, which separates Monmouth from many other universities.
Quick Facts:
Medium-Sized - 4,630 total undergrads
Tuition and fees: $39,600
71% of Financial Need Met (average)
Admissions Requirements:
ACT or SAT - Yes
SAT Subject - No
Acceptance Rate: Less Selective
77% of applicants admitted
Test Score Average:
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Featured College Merit Scholarship Presidential Scholarship: St. Louis University - St. Louis, MO The Presidential Scholarship is a four-year, full-tuition award, the recipients of which represent some of the most exemplary student leaders on Saint Louis University's campus. Presidential Scholars are eligible to apply for additional funding (up to $1,200) in support of an Investigative Learning Experience (ILEX), which may take the form of a research venture, service project, internship, or other co-curricular endeavor. Amount: Full-Tuition Deadline: December 1 For more info CLICK HERE |
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Featured College Major History What it's about:
History is the study of the record of past human experience. Working with written, oral, visual, and artifacts, history majors examine the causes, contexts, and chronologies of historical events to understand how human experiences have both remained the same and changed over time.
Is this for you:
You might like this major if you also like: reenactments, the History Channel, model building, museums, historical novels, collecting stamps, coins, etc., other cultures and other times, genealogy and family history.
Consider this major if you are good at: attention to detail, critical reading/thinking, organizing, persuading/influencing, research..or have..curiosity, initiative, patience, verbal skills, writing skills.
Career options and trends: College professor, high school teacher, lawyer, museum curator or archivist, journalist.
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Featured Career Sociologists Sociologists study society and social behavior by examining the groups, cultures, organizations, social institutions, and processes that develop when people interact and work together. Sociologists typically work full time during regular business hours. Sociologists typically work in an office. They may work outside of an office setting when conducting research through interviews or observations or presenting research results. Most sociology jobs require a master’s degree or Ph.D. The median annual wage for sociologists was $82,050 in May 2018. For more info CLICK HERE |
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College Visit Day - Permits Available! If you are participating in a college fly-in program, college visit, college interview, or scholarship interview during the school day....good news!!...you can now receive a permit and your absence will not be counted against you. Please complete and return the COLLEGE VISITATION FORM PERMISSION SLIP to the CCC at least 1 week prior to your visit. CLICK HERE to download the form |
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