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Scholarships:
* THE TOMAS RIVERA POLICY INSTITUTE EXPANDS LATINO SCHOLARSHIP
DIRECTORY TO REACH ACROSS THE NATION: FREE popular internet and print
guide with overwhelming demand holds updated and complete information on
hundreds of scholarships designed to make college more affordable for
Latino students. For more information go to
http://www.trpi.org.
* Hilda L. Solis Scholarship is a scholarship available to high
school seniors planning to apply to Cal Poly Pomona of Hispanic/Latino
Descent. Application Deadline is Friday, January 18, 2008. Below
is the link to the application. For more questions contact Cecilia
Santiago at the Cesar E. Chavez Center for Higher Education at (909)
869-5035. Link:
http://dsa.csupomona.edu/cesarchavez/files/2008_HLSS_Application_3336.pdf
* November 1-The Dell Scholarship Applications are
available—visit www.dellscholars.org to receive more information,
download the online application, view a video of past winners and
criteria for application. 250 $20,000 were awarded last year. Over 50%
went to AVID Students. Application deadline is January 15, 2009.
The Dell Scholars Program is a need-based scholarship that recognizes
academic potential in lower-income and underserved students. The
scholarship helps students who have worked hard to prepare themselves
for higher education yet may have lower GPAs and test scores because of
adverse personal situations or surroundings. Dell Scholars are students
who have the drive and potential of academic success when provided with
the necessary financial assistance.
The following are some tips by AVID Teachers who have had Dell
Scholarship winners:
* Teachers made it a required/mandatory class assignment.
* Teacher Recommendations included information found nowhere
else on the application.
* Teachers interviewed the students to give a complete picture
of their students.
* The Dell committee wants to know why, where, and what they do
at their work.
* If they don’t work, students need to explain why and what they
do with their free time, such as spend time in community service.
* The Dell committee wants a complete picture of the student’s
day.
* Edit final application and essay together before submitting
online.
* Mention AVID and how the student worked hard to prepare
themselves for higher education despite their adverse personal
situation and surroundings.
* Latino College Dollars: visit www.latinocollegedollars.org to
see a directory of Scholarships for California’s Latino Students.
Websites:
* College Navigator helps students and families learn about
colleges and universities at
http://collegenavigator.ed.gov. College Navigator is a free consumer
information tool designed to help students, parents, high school
counselors, and others get information about nearly 7,000 postsecondary
institutions in the United States. It offers a wide range of
information, such as programs offered, retention and graduation rates,
prices, aid available, degrees awarded, campus safety, and
accreditation. Users can:
* Search by programs offered, degrees offered, institution type,
price, selectivity, distance from home, school size, institutional
mission (historically black colleges and universities,
single-sex), extended learning opportunities for adults (weekend and
evening
degree programs), and intercollegiate athletics programs
offered.
* Modify or change their search from anywhere within the
website.
* Use a simple and intuitive way of selecting keywords to search
among programs at a general level (communications, journalism,
and related programs), drill down through a menu to a
moderate level of detail, and identify highly specific courses of study
(health communication).
* Make comparisons of up to four institutions in one view, and
maintain a list of favorite institutions from different searches
* Collegewise offers college counseling programs to help high
school students, apply to and attend the right colleges. Go to
getcollegewise.com to learn more about their free email college
newsletter and services for schools, including guest speakers on topics
such as admissions 101, starting your college search, UC/Cal State
systems, writing a great college essay, and UC/Cal State Application
workshops. They like AVID schools and even have a free blogging service
at www.wiselikeus.com.
Useful Websites:
http://www.act.org
http://www.collegeboard.com
http://www.ucop.edu/pathways
http://www.csumentor.edu
http://www.aiccu.edu
http://www.californiacolleges.edu
http://www.ed.gov/finaid.html
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
http://www.csac.ca.gov
http://www.edwise.org
http://www.finaid.org
http://www.studentaid.ed.gov
http://www.campustours.com
http://www.onlinecollegefair.com
http://collegenavigator.ed.gov
http://www.getcollegewise.com
www.latinocollegedollars.org
Email Mr. D
daciuk_john@montebello.k12.ca.us