Senior Information!

Hello Class of 2024!

Please check this weekly as it details all senior information that we want you to know.

10/2 from 7-8 pm – Virtual Guest Speaker, Rob Franek, Editor-in-Chief at The Princeton Review will share “Finding your Best Fit Colleges” Register here – this dynamic event is open to all students/families and Rob provides valuable information for every grade level.

Direct registration link: https://forms.gle/APGeb4R7jawM1o5a9

10/19 from 7-8:30 pm – Parent Webinar from The College Funding Coach, “Little Known Secrets of Paying for College.” You’ll learn college funding strategies for parents with students who DO and DO NOT qualify for financial aid, strategies to fund your student’s college education without destroying your plans and dreams for retirement, and much more. Register here – this is open to all students/families.

Direct registration link: https://www.thecollegefundingcoach.org/class/stone-bridge-high-school-5/

West Point Admissions Events. Click here to see when they'll be in the Washington, DC and Virginia area.

Check out what it's like day to day at Brown.

Swarthmore Admission Updates:

• We have welcomed a few new faces to our office (including a director of admissions!) and updated territory assignments, meet your representative.
• We have added a new optional video component to our application process. All students can submit a video response as a supplement to their application. This allows us to hear directly from students and gives them the chance to give us unique insight into their thought process or experiences. Read more on our Interview and Video Response page.
• We remain in our test-optional pilot for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 application cycles.
• Encourage your students to complete SwatPass, an online tool to see if they qualify for an application fee waiver at Swarthmore.

Bowdoin Basics for Students and Families
Get to know Bowdoin in a virtual information session hosted by an admissions officer. Sign up for a Bowdoin Basics session: Sept. 28, Oct. 11, Nov. 12, Dec. 11 Start times are listed on registration forms.

Insights and Advice for Application Writing
Tuesday 9/26 and Tuesday 11/28 | both 8-9 p.m. eastern time

Optional Application Materials

Thursday, 10/12 | 8-9 p.m. eastern time

The University of Virginia School of Architecture is pleased to announce their fall visit opportunities. Students can join them in person for information sessions or guided tours of the A-School. If you're unable to travel to Charlottesville, they invite you to attend a virtual information session.

All in-person opportunities to visit can be found on our website here. For virtual opportunities, connect with our current students here and recent alumni here.

You are welcome to contact us at a-school-admissions@virginia.edu with any questions about visiting.

FALL PREVIEW DAYS

Students and families will learn about academic programs, tour campus, and more!
previewday.msstate.edu

The Bridges Program is an overnight visit experience for high-achieving high school seniors from historically underrepresented populations, as well as students who have a commitment to diversity. We welcome various diverse identities — racial/ethnic, sexual orientation and gender, and socioeconomic.

Application Deadline: Sept. 25

To learn more - click here.

Questions? Contact us at 513-529-2531 or admission@MiamiOH.edu.

Nominations are open for Davidson's hallmark scholarship award: the John M. Belk Scholarship.

The Belk Scholarship recognizes students with records of outstanding academic and personal impact. These are students who lead the way, embrace challenge and change, and galvanize their peers to action. Nominations are due by November 1, 2023 and we may nominate up to two students.

The Ron Brown Scholarship honors the legacy of Ronald H. Brown through a selective scholarship program that advances higher education for community-minded and intellectually gifted African Americans.

RBSP competitively awards 45 – 50 four-year $40,000 scholarships ($10,000 each year) to the most talented and economically-challenged high school seniors who demonstrate a keen interest in public service, community engagement, business entrepreneurship and global citizenship – the four pillars of the late Ronald H. Brown’s mission to uplift people of all races, cultures and ethnicities – especially our disadvantaged youth.

Recipients may use the renewable scholarships to attend an accredited four-year college or university of their choice within the United States. Ron Brown scholarships are not limited to any specific field or career objective and may be used to pursue any academic discipline. Since the Program’s inception in 1996, 634 students have been designated as Ron Brown Scholars.

Applicants for the Ron Brown Scholarship MUST be Black/African American, US citizens or permanent residents, and a current high school senior at the time of their application.

For more information and how to apply, click here

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation College Scholarship Program application opened on the Common App. The deadline to apply is November 16, 2023.

Selected Cooke Scholars will:

• Receive scholarship funding toward college attendance costs so they may graduate with as little debt as possible.
• Access comprehensive advising about how to maximize their college experience.
• Be eligible for internships, study abroad, and to apply for the Cooke Graduate Scholarship.

For more information on the program and how to apply, click here.

George Mason is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the 23rd Annual ALCANZA College Fair! Mason hosts ALCANZA as part of our effort to inform Latinx high school students in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area about opportunities in higher education.

The ALCANZA College Fair

Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Opening Session: 10:30 - 11 a.m.

College Fair: 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

EagleBank Arena

George Mason University - Fairfax Campus

Register TODAY! Space is limited.

https://go.gmu.edu/alcanza

In addition to the LCPS scholarships, check out the many different search engines for additional opportunities - websites such as FastWeb, Scholarship360, Big Future by College Board to name a few allow students to use keywords to search for all kinds of scholarships.