Updates - 10/28/16

Guidance Updates: 

For UMass Amherst, your Early Action deadline is November 1. However, they have given guidance counselors an extension to get supporting materials to them. FYI, we will not submit your school records until term 1 grades are official, per their request.

As a reminder, admissions processing centers often send an automatic reminder to students to submit their materials, even if everything has been sent in. Once you receive notice with instructions on how to set up an account with their admissions office, be sure to do so.  This will be how you find out what their admissions decisions is when it is released.  It may take a few weeks for their system to update that your application is complete

Yellow sheets are due November 1 for November 15 deadlines!
Also, if you haven’t seen your counselor yet this year and you are applying regular or rolling decision, please connect with him/her next week. 

CSS Profile Deadlines

There are a number of private colleges that require the CSS Profile through CollegeBoard for financial aid purposes. If you are applying early to schools that require the CSS Profile, it is highly recommended that you investigate the college's website to find the deadline for filing the CSS Profile for an early application.

See www.collegeboard.org for more information on the CSS Profile and a list of schools that require it for financial aid. (Scroll all the way to the bottom and click, CSS Profile/Financial Aid)

 

ACT: 
December 10 - deadline to register is November 4
February 11 - deadline to register is January 13

SAT: 
December 3 - deadline to register is November 3
January 21 - deadline to register is December 21

Open Houses and Information Sessions

Brandeis University Myra Kraft Transitional Year Program (MKTYP) information session
Wednesday, November 2, 2016.
The schedule for the event will be:
              8:30AM           Light breakfast & check-in
              9:00AM           MKTYP Information Session
              9:45AM           Q&A with Admissions and MKTYP Directors
            10:15AM           Student panel with MKTYP students
            11:00AM           Campus tour led by current MKTYP students
You are welcome to stay for lunch to experience more of our Brandeis community.

Register for the event at www.brandeis.edu.

UMass Boston’s 13th Annual Parent & Family NightMonday, November 7th from 6:30-8:30pm
Refreshments will be served

Admissions representatives will be discussing:
•    Distinctive academic opportunities including access programs and the UMass Boston Honors College
•    Admissions requirements and deadlines
•    University support services
•    Financing an education: financial aid, scholarships & grants

Curry College Open House
Saturday October 30
10am - 2pm
For more information or to RSVP online go to curry.edu/openhouse


Emmanuel College Open House
Saturday October 29

Lesley University Undergraduate Open House    
Sunday, October 30
9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Cambridge, MA
http://www.lesley.edu/undergraduate-open-house/?utm_source=agile&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=186UADMEM17_Oct_Open_House_to_Influencers

MassBay Community College Open House
Saturday November 19, 2016
9:45 am - 12:30 pm
www.massbay.edu

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Fall 2016 Open Houses
Saturday October 29 and Saturday November 12
RSVP today at mcla.edu/visiting


Merrimack College Open House
Sunday November 6

Middlesex Community College
Fall Open House: Saturday October 29 at Bedford Campus
Campus Tours: November 3, December 1, December 15 January 18 (Lowell Cowan Center Lobby)
November 16, December 6, January 10 (Bedford Enrollment Center)
Visit www.middlesex.mass.edu to register for a tour.

New England School of Photography Open House
Saturday, November 5
11am-2pm
RSVP by November 3 with your name and the number in your party.
openhouse.nesop.edu


Nichols College Decision Day
November 13
Register at www.nichols.edu

Northern Essex Community College Open House
November 5, 2016
10am - 12pm
For more information, email admissions@necc.mass.edu

University of Rhode Island Fall Open House
Saturday, October 29
RSVP online at uri.edu/admission

Roanoke College Information Sessions and Tours: Tuesday November 8
Fall Visit Day: Saturday November 19

Rochester Institute of Technology
Open Houses
November 12 and December 2
www.rit.edu

Rutgers University Engineering Open Houses
Friday, November 4 and Friday, November 18
Tours begin at 10 a.m. at the Visitor Center with an admissions information session, followed by a five-campus bus tour. During the bus tour, families will be able to view one of the first-year residence halls on the Busch Campus. They will also break for lunch (on their own) before heading to the school-specific portion of the day at 1:15 p.m. A detailed itinerary is provided once a student is registered. Register at http://soe.rutgers.edu/tours

On Thursday, November 10 the tour will begin at 1 p.m. at the Visitor Center and will include an Engineering Dean's Overview, Student Panel, and an engineering departmental visit. Again, a detailed itinerary will be provided once registered.

Department options include one of the following:
•    Biomedical & Civil/Environmental
•    Chemical/Biochemical & Materials Science
•    Electrical/Computer & Industrial Systems
•    Mechanical/Aerospace & Applied Science/Packaging

Families can register for these tours while space is available at admissions.rutgers.edu/tours. To learn more about the engineering tours, please visit soe.rutgers.edu/tours.

University of Scranton Open House
Sunday November 6
9am - 2pm
Register online at scranton.edu/openhouse

Springfield College Fall Open House
November 6
For more information, and to register, visit springfield.edu/openhouse

Wentworth Institute of Technology
October 30 or November 20
To RSVP and more information, visit wit.edu/visit or call 617-989-4000

Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution, Inc. Scholarship
Scholarships in the amount of $1,000 are determined annually by the MDAR Scholarship Committee.

The objective of the MDAR Scholarship is to assist worthy young men and women, who are graduating high school seniors, to acquire higher education in colleges, commercial, technical and profession education institutions with a view of becoming competent, self-reliant productive citizens.

Please note:
*     Applicants must be United States Citizens and residents of Massachusetts
*     Applicants must be a member of the senior class of a secondary school in Massachusetts and rank scholastically in the upper 10% of the class.
      They must have been accepted, or plan to attend an institution of higher learning.
*     Applications must be made on the official MDAR, Inc. Scholarship Application and Need Form *     Application Deadline: February 15, 2017
*     Email jeansi@comcast.net for more information.