Pre-vet and Animal Science

“Pre-vet” and Animal Science

With the evolution of the vast pet industry, comes the need for more students trained in Animal Science. There are not just opportunities to become a full Veterinarian. A “Pre-vet” and Animal Science major can become a Veterinary Technician, work for a pet product manufacturer, teach, work at a zoo, and many other things. Like many other medical fields, pre-vet students should look for schools that specialize in, and have highly visible “Pre-Veterinary” programs.

“You never know”

To learn which colleges offer “Pre-vet” and Animal Science and watch videos about “Pre-vet” and Animal Science please go to:

http://collegemajors101.com/college-majors/pre-veterinary-medicine

BigSun Scholarship

BigSun Scholarships

The BigSun Organization is proud to be able to continue to help young athletes succeed in their academic pursuits. We are offering an annual scholarship to a deserving student. Deadline - June 19, 2017 Amount of Award - $500.00 The successful applicant will be a high school senior or be attending a post secondary institute and currently involved in some sport at that institution or in the community.. Please visit our website at http://www.bigsunathletics.com to learn how to apply.

Raise.me

I hope you’re having a great start to the week. We're excited to announce that Arizona State University, Northeastern University, Syracuse University, University of Pittsburgh and University of South Carolina are among the latest colleges to join Raise.me! To make sure all of your students are earning from those colleges and the nearly 200 other colleges offering micro-scholarships, here is your personal link: https://www.raise.me/join/5793245726 so you can easily invite them to sign up for Raise.me. As always, thank you for the amazing work you do, and for helping us connect your students to scholarships for college. All the best, Amanda

Financial Aid 101

Financial Aid 101

Financial aid carries with it responsibilities that college-bound students must manage throughout college and beyond. Students and families should take the time to learn about their financial aid options before signing on the dotted line.

There are four types of aid that can create a financial aid package:

• Scholarships - Students usually do not have to pay back scholarships, which award money for academic achievement, athletic ability, special talents, and more. Scholarships are often available through public service organizations, like the Lions Club, the Rotary Club, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), through religious institutions and local businesses.
• Grants - Grant programs may be federal, state, or school-sponsored. Students may receive federal and state grants based on financial need, and they may receive school-sponsored grants based on financial need or merit. Students should check with the schools they're interested in attending for more information on school-sponsored grants.
• Work-study - Schools can provide students with on- or off-campus employment to help pay for college costs. Students also gain career-related, hands-on work experience.
• Student loans - Borrowers must repay loans with interest. Several types of loans are available:
• Federal Perkins Loans and Direct Subsidized Loans are need-based, government-subsidized loans. The government pays the interest that accrues on these loans while students are in-school at least half-time and during their grace period. However, if the loan was disbursed between July 1, 2012 and July 1, 2014, the student is responsible for paying the interest that accrues during their grace period.
• Direct Unsubsidized Loans are calculated based on your student's cost of attendance, minus other financial aid he/she receives. Interest begins accruing on unsubsidized loans from the date of disbursement. Your student is responsible for all interest that accrues on these loans. Any unpaid interest that remains at the end of the student's grace period will be capitalized (added to the principal balance) before repayment begins.
• Parent PLUS Loans are federally guaranteed loans for parents who want to help pay for their student's education. Parents can borrow up to the cost of attendance, minus any financial aid awarded to the student.
• Private Education Loans are available through financial institutions like banks or credit unions. They typically have higher interest rates, more fees, and less flexible repayment options than federal student loans. Loan terms and limits on Private Education Loans vary substantially by lender. Students should consider these loans only if they need additional funds after obtaining aid through scholarships, grants, and federal loans.

Florida PTA Scholarship due 2/1/17

Florida PTA Scholarship Opportunity!

Florida PTA is pleased to offer an opportunity for assistance to qualified students who wish to continue their education beyond high school. 

Florida PTA offers a total of four (4) scholarships, one each in the following categories: University, Fine Arts, Community College, and Vo-Tech, to a student graduating in the 2016-2017 school year. This is a one-time (non-renewable) award of $2,000.00 and will be awarded to a worthy student who is interested in getting a start in life through higher education.

Deadline for all applications is February 1, 2017.  All applications must be postmarked by that date in order to be considered. For complete details, please visit floridapta.org.

Military Service Academy Informational Meeting

MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMY DAY INFORMATIONAL MEETING

In preparation for students interested in attending a Military Service Academy, representatives from all five Academies will conduct an Admission and Programmatic Informational Meeting for Parents and High School Students.

• To assist students interested in applying for one of the Military Service Academies, M-DCPS, Office of Academics, will be hosting a Military Service Academy Day admissions and programmatic informational meeting.
• The meeting is open to all  parents and underclass students interested in securing information on how to apply for Military Service Academies.  Post-graduation requirements will also be discussed.
• All five Military Service Academy representatives, the U.S. Military Academy (Army) in West Point, The U.S. Naval Academy (Navy/Marine Corps), the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and the Merchant Marines Academy will be onsite to provide a brief overview of their Military Service Academy and answer questions.
• The meeting will take place as follows:

Date:          Saturday, October 29, 2016
Time:          9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Location:    Florida International University
                  Modesto A. Maidique Campus
                  11200 S.W. 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199
                  School Of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) Building
                  Room 125 - Auditorium

• A campus map can be found at:
  http://campusmaps.fiu.edu/index.html#/campus/MMC

Ford Salute to Education Scholarship

We are excited to announce that the 2016-2017 Salute to Education Scholarship Application Period Has Officially Begun!!!

Your students can begin the application process by going to our website www.stescholarships.org and registering online in order to get a login code and password. 

Once they begin the process they have a little over three months to complete the application as the deadline to submit all applications online is Friday, February 3^rd at midnight!

Best National Universities

Best National Universities 

1.     Princeton University

2.     Harvard University

3.     Yale University

4.     Columbia University

5.     Stanford University

6.     University of Chicago

7.     Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

8.     Duke University

9.     University of Pennsylvania

10.          California Institute of Technology

11.          Johns Hopkins University

12.          Dartmouth College

13.          Northwestern University

14.          Brown University

15.          Cornell University

16.          Vanderbilt University

17.          Washington University in St. Louis 

Best Historically Black Colleges

Best Historically Black Colleges

1.     Spelman College

2.     Howard University

3.     Hampton University

4.     Morehouse College

5.     Tuskegee University

6.     Xavier University of Louisiana

7.     Claftin University

8.     Fisk University

9.     North Carolina A & T State University

10.                 Florida A & M University 

Top National Liberal Arts College

Top National Liberal Arts College  
There are 245 liberal arts colleges.  There are 217 private and 27 public liberal arts colleges; one is for-profit. 

1.Williams College

2. Amherst College

3. Swarthmore College

4. Bowdoin College

5. Middlebury College

6. Pomona College

7. Wellesley College

8. Carleton College

9. Claremont Mckenna College

10. U.S. Naval Academy

college application fee waivers

College Application Fee Waivers

Every senior who takes the SAT or SAT Subject Tests using a fee waiver will receive four college application fee waivers directly from the College Board. Eligible students can use them to apply to any of the over 2,000 participating colleges.

How Students Access Their Fee Waivers Online

Eligible seniors will access their college application fee waivers via their College Board online accounts by visiting collegeboard.org/mysat.

Once students log in, they will see a message titled Apply to college for free with a link to where they can print their college application fee waivers, search for colleges that accept the waivers, and review submission instructions specific to each school. See illustrated guide to accessing the waivers, as well as a sample online form).  As a student, you can search for colleges that accept application fee waivers by visiting collegeboard.org/waiver-colleges .

College Application Fee-Waiver Distribution

Because students who take the SAT using a fee waiver have already had their eligibility verified by their counselor, college application fee waivers do not require additional counselor approval. Here is how it will work for different populations of students:

·         Seniors who tested during previous academic years will receive their fee waivers online by July.

·         Seniors testing for the first time will receive their fee waivers at the same time they receive their SAT test scores — typically 19 days after the test date.

·         Juniors who test with an SAT fee waiver will receive fee waivers at the beginning of their senior year.

·         Students will be able to access their college application fee waivers up through one year after graduation from high school (note: fee waivers can only be used for first year college admissions and not transfer admissions).

Terms of Use

Student may use up to four college application fee waivers from the College Board.

Participating colleges have agreed to consider waiving their application fees. Colleges may have specific fee-waiver policies or criteria, and they retain the final decision on whether to waive the application fee. College application fee-waivers should not be used for applications to colleges that are not listed in the directory.

College application fee waivers are not intended for waiver of test fees for either the SAT or SAT Subject Tests.

Test optional colleges/universities

Who's benefiting from test-optional colleges?

The list of test optional colleges/universities: http://fairtest.org/university/optional

One of the most unpleasant roadblocks that teenagers face when getting into college is taking the ACT or SAT admissions tests.

Studies have shown that the most important factors in predicting college success aren't standardized test scores, but high school grades and the rigor of a student's high school classes. In contrast, standardized test scores are highly correlated with income.

On average, for instance, students whose parents make $150,000 a year are going to perform better on the SAT than teenagers who live in households making $100,000 and so on down the income ladder.

In the face of criticism about the relevance and fairness of the standardized tests, a large number of schools over the years have become test-optional, which generally means students can apply for admission without submitting their scores. Just this week, Bryn Mawr College, an elite women's college, became the latest school to make the ACT and SAT optional.

While more than 800 institutions are test-optional, a significant number are open-enrollment schools that allow the vast majority of applicants to attend. Many of the most selective schools in the test-optional lineup are private liberal arts colleges. A new study suggests that even though one of the main motivations that these colleges cite in adopting a test-optional policy is creating more diverse campuses by improving the admission chances of low-income and minority students, they're falling short of that target.

Andrew Belasco, CEO of College Transitions, a college consulting firm in Athens, Ga., conducted the recently published study that looked at 180 selective private schools including 32 that have test-optional policies. Overall, Belasco says, the main beneficiaries of the test-optional policy could be the private colleges themselves.

A peak into test-optional policies

When schools become test-optional, it encourages more students who might have previously considered their chances of admission to be weak, to apply. More applications can lead to higher admission rejection rates, which make schools look more selective. At the same time, the published test scores of individual colleges could rise because freshmen with lower scores never submit them.

Dueling test-optional reports

Research concluded that students who took advantage of test-optional policies and enrolled were more likely to be women, minorities, low-income and first-generation students.

The two studies, however, focused on different things. Hiss's research looked at postsecondary outcomes such as grade-point averages and graduation rates of low-income and minority students and concluded that no significant differences existed between those who submitted test scores and those who didn't.

Based on who was more likely to keep their test scores a secret, Hiss suggested that test-optional policies have improved the enrollment of underrepresented groups. Belasco, however, says results of the earlier research do not support that conclusion.

Test-optional policies and wealthy students

"Everybody is struggling with enrollment, and colleges are looking more and more for students who have the ability to pay a substantial portion of college," Bankston observed. Test-optional policies open the door to take wealthy students who would have been borderline applicants. "I think a lot of this is going on behind the scenes," he suggested.

If your child is interested in a test-optional school, you can find the complete list of these institutions at FairTest.org.

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Well Known Test Optional Colleges in Florida

Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale	Ft. Lauderdale	FL
Carlos Albizu University	Miami	FL
Daytona State College	Daytona Beach	FL
Digital Media Arts College	Boca Raton	FL
Everglades University	Fort Lauderdale	FL
Florida Memorial University 1	Miami Gardens	FL
Florida National University	Multiple Sites	FL
Florida SouthWestern State College	Fort Myers	FL
Florida State College	Jacksonville	FL
Full Sail University	Winter Park	FL
Indian River State College	Fort Pierce	FL
Jacksonville University	Jacksonville	FL
Jose Maria Vargas University	Pembroke Pines	FL
Keiser University	Fort Lauderdale	FL
Lake-Sumter State College	Leesburg	FL
Lynn University	Boca Raton	FL
Miami International University of Art and Design	Miami	FL
Miami-Dade College	Miami	FL
Northwest Florida State College	Niceville	FL
Polk State College 6	Winter Haven	FL
Ringling College of Art and Design	Sarasota	FL
Rollins Collegehttp://www.rollins.edu/	Winter Park	FL
Saint Leo University 3	Saint Leo	FL
Saint Thomas University1	Miami	FL
Schiller International University	Dunedin	FL
St. Petersburg College	St. Petersburg	FL
State College of Florida	Bradenton	FL
Stetson University	DeLand	FL
Trinity Baptist College	Jacksonville	FL

Scholarships

1. Coca-Cola Scholarship - October 31, 2016 (1400 Awards - $20,000)

http://scholarshipguidance.com/scholarship_cocacola_scholarship_9001.php? &utm_source=newsletter01&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=201609&utm_content=14b09e0897fd48461ba10997e9e58a30

2. Carid Scholarship - October 31, 2016 (2 Awards - $1,000)

http://scholarshipguidance.com/scholarship_carid_scholarship_9002.php? &utm_source=newsletter01&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=201609&utm_content=14b09e0897fd48461ba10997e9e58a30

3. Horatio Alger Scholarship - October 25, 2016 (106 Awards - $25,000)

http://scholarshipguidance.com/scholarship_horatio_alger_scholarship_8950.php? &utm_source=newsletter01&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=201609&utm_content=14b09e0897fd48461ba10997e9e58a30

4. College Jumpstart Scholarship - October 17, 2016 (2 Awards - $1,000)

http://scholarshipguidance.com/scholarship_college_jumpstart_scholarship_9003.php? &utm_source=newsletter01&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=201609&utm_content=14b09e0897fd48461ba10997e9e58a30

B. Davis scholarship

“B. Davis Scholarship”

 

The creators of the “Student Award Search Aid” website are offering a scholarship for 2017.

 

Please visit our website at http://www.studentawardsearch.com/scholarships.htm to read about us and to apply for our scholarship.  While you’re there, please browse through the rest of the site to learn more about applying for scholarships.

 

Our website was developed solely for the purpose of helping students locate and apply for scholarships.  We are trying to improve the students’ chances for success.  The site is free and we charge nothing for the information or the application.

 

The deadline for applications is May 22, 2017

 

Amount of Scholarship:  $1,000

 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at awards@studentawardsearch.com

    

ACT tutoring

ACT Boot Camp Flyer from the First Tee of Miami. The cost for the Boot Camp is $20.00 (2 Days) or FREE is you are a First Tee of Miami participants. If you are interested,  please contact Mr. Joel Furnari at 305-776-4138 or dadeamgolf@aol.com .

DATES:  Oct.14th at 6-8pm and Oct. 15 9-12pm and 1-3pm 

Wendy's High school Heisman due 10/31

Let’s Recognize Your Best Student Athletes Eligibility for the scholarship begins with maintaining a GPA of 3.0 (B average) or better. Applicants also need to be proven leaders and role models within their school and community. Please let your students know about this wonderful scholarship opportunity, the deadline to apply is October 3rd!  More information and the scholarship application can be found by visiting https://www.wendyshighschoolheisman.com/ Please let me know if you have any questions. You can reach me via email at Eddie@jaerestgroup.com or call me at 561-997-6002. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY DIRECTLY TO THIS EMAIL. Thank you, Eddie Rodriguez The Wendy’s Company Eddie@jaerestgroup.com 561-997-6002