Finally FAFSA!
Data is finally flowing from the DOE to colleges and universities, which is good news.
The bad news is that this typically happens in November.
Colleges still need to process the information and generate Financial Aid awards, so the work is just beginning for Fin Aid Officers.
SENIOR SCHOLARSHIPS: Don’t Look Now… April 1 is Rapidly Approaching
Seeing how winter has decided to start this week, tomorrow would be a great day to cuddle up to your iPad and apply for some scholarships.
One hour x $500 scholarship = $500 an hour if awarded.
Class of 2028 Admission Results
What a long, strange trip it’s been…
We are FINALLY coming to the end of this roller-coaster admissions season, with Ivy Day (March 28) looming and shortly thereafter the first deposit deadlines (April 1 for schools that did not push back their deadlines because of the FAFSA debacle). It is perhaps the greatest of understatements to say that this has been a year like no other.
Here’s what colleges are reporting…
(Men) March Madness, IF Brains Beat Brawn…
(Women) March Madness, IF Brains Beat Brawn…
Rhode Island College Tour
Mr. Lammert was selected as one of 20 school counselors from across the US to participate in the Rhode Island Association of Admissions Officers’ 2024 Rhode Island College Bus Tour last week. Ten college visits in 3.5 days was grueling but enlightening.
Brief profiles of each visit are available on Instagram chills.college.visits https://www.instagram.com/chills.campus.visits/
RI may be a small state, but it’s big on possibilities!
Having breakfast with Rhody the URI Ram
Inside the Craziest College Admissions Ever
“As this year’s college-admissions season nears its close, with decisions arriving from schools this month, it is already shaping up as the craziest ever. Applications to the 1,000-plus colleges that are part of the Common Application are up 6 percent over last year’s total, which was already a record. It’s a continuation of a dynamic that began in the spring of 2020, when the pandemic forced hundreds of top-ranked colleges to drop their requirements for standardized-test scores and generated a surge of applications as a result.
As students spray more applications into the system, colleges are spending more and more time thinking about how to forecast who will actually show up if accepted — and shaping their policies to lock in those students and maintain or increase their yield rates. They have rolled out a complicated menu of admissions options, each with its own requirements, deadlines, restrictions, and risks for students — but all designed to bring as much certainty to the college as possible.”
Boston Bonanza 2024! SAVE THE DATE
The School Counseling Department is in the process of developing a trip to Boston for qualifying sophomores and juniors on Wednesday Apr 24, 2024. We have made arrangements with BU, BC, MIT, Northeastern, MASS Art, Emmauel, and Suffolk for our students to visit. Transportation will be provided on a luxury coach bus and all other expenses will be covered. This trip is courtesy of our MELMAC grant, and will prioritize first generation and low income students
Dartmouth Creates Chief Campus Wellness Officer Position
If you needed more proof that mental health/wellness is being given greater importance on college campuses these days, look no further than Hanover, NH.
“Estevan Garcia, a pediatric emergency medicine physician, most recently served as the chief medical officer of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. In his new role, Garcia will oversee the Dartmouth College Health Service, the Student Wellness Center and Employee Wellness, while also serving on the president’s senior leadership team.”