So...four hours of sleep...you know, sleep is kinda important. Also, eating. Eating is important. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...
Just a quick reminder, if you are interested in working with a PCC, you need to sign the form by October 1! You don't have to (aka, it's optional) but I personally am excited to work with you. I have to admit, my PCC last year wasn't that helpful, so I have had to bumble through this process by myself. Which sucks. A lot. I want you guys to have a more helpful PCC. That's why I signed up.
If anyone has questions pertaining to the Junior meeting, why the sky is blue, college visits, what is love, or anything, feel free to ask (warning: I will probably fail at answering non-college related questions)
Here is how you can contact us:
Facebook (except Ash)
Email (ckdavis2, rmaturi2, huddson2, sgogula2, ssenior2, kmetcal2)
Face to face (WHAT???)
Friday, September 24, 2010
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Celebrate it all!
I just wrote a draft of an essay! WHOOOOOOO CELEBRATE!
Lisa made an important point during the Senior meeting, and I wanted to extend it to you Juniors. Celebrate all the little things that are part of this process. Below, I wrote a few things you guys should celebrate every time you accomplish it.
1. Sign up on ACT.com and Collegeboard.com
2. Register for your first test
3. Begin to answer the question who am I?
4. Raise your hand in class; you're building a relationship with that teacher
5. Getting your first A on ANYTHING second semester
6. Peeked into a Brown Bagger
7. Checked out a college website
8. Found out where College of Wooster/Knox College/Emory University/Reed College is located
9. Stepped foot into the CRC
10. Build an organization system for college mail
Anyway, check back soon. Get ready, the process is beginning :]
(PS, I'd bring chocolate and a friend, it's a wild ride)
-Celinda <3
Lisa made an important point during the Senior meeting, and I wanted to extend it to you Juniors. Celebrate all the little things that are part of this process. Below, I wrote a few things you guys should celebrate every time you accomplish it.
1. Sign up on ACT.com and Collegeboard.com
2. Register for your first test
3. Begin to answer the question who am I?
4. Raise your hand in class; you're building a relationship with that teacher
5. Getting your first A on ANYTHING second semester
6. Peeked into a Brown Bagger
7. Checked out a college website
8. Found out where College of Wooster/Knox College/Emory University/Reed College is located
9. Stepped foot into the CRC
10. Build an organization system for college mail
Anyway, check back soon. Get ready, the process is beginning :]
(PS, I'd bring chocolate and a friend, it's a wild ride)
-Celinda <3
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Where are the Juniors?
One upon a time there were four teens, their beloved dog, and a short obnoxious puppy that hung out with them during specials. They enjoyed solving mysteries that somehow were magically sprung upon them.
Well, meet your PCCs. They somehow magically match up to the six characters up there. And we have a mystery too: where are all the Juniors??
In the last two weeks, over TEN colleges have visited Uni High one way or another. There have been TWO college panels, a college fair at Parkland, several that have visited Uni at lunch time. Yet, I have rarely seen Juniors there. Let me tell you two things:
1. College Season is NOW for admission counselors. True, some visit in the spring, but most visit in the fall. Now is the time to visit schools at lunch. Now is the time to start building interests.
2. Many Seniors have their lists already (aka, they don't need the Brown Baggers/college panels). This is YOUR time to look!
On Thursday, I went to a college panel. I went because two of the colleges there are on my list. I saw a few juniors, but compared to the number of kids in the junior class, it wasn't much.
I am challenging you, YES YOU juniors, to start going to events. Lisa makes these things happen for you, to help you. You have to help her a little though. It's ONE lunch, every two weeks or so. Not much, when you think about it.
PS. See you tomorrow at the Junior Meeting :]
-Celinda "Scrappy" Davis
Well, meet your PCCs. They somehow magically match up to the six characters up there. And we have a mystery too: where are all the Juniors??
In the last two weeks, over TEN colleges have visited Uni High one way or another. There have been TWO college panels, a college fair at Parkland, several that have visited Uni at lunch time. Yet, I have rarely seen Juniors there. Let me tell you two things:
1. College Season is NOW for admission counselors. True, some visit in the spring, but most visit in the fall. Now is the time to visit schools at lunch. Now is the time to start building interests.
2. Many Seniors have their lists already (aka, they don't need the Brown Baggers/college panels). This is YOUR time to look!
On Thursday, I went to a college panel. I went because two of the colleges there are on my list. I saw a few juniors, but compared to the number of kids in the junior class, it wasn't much.
I am challenging you, YES YOU juniors, to start going to events. Lisa makes these things happen for you, to help you. You have to help her a little though. It's ONE lunch, every two weeks or so. Not much, when you think about it.
PS. See you tomorrow at the Junior Meeting :]
-Celinda "Scrappy" Davis
Monday, September 13, 2010
Imagine if you will a typical Monday lunchtime. You are just waking up and realizing that you have a whole week of school ahead of you. Face it, it sucks. Then, to put salt in the wounds, you're expected to care about the Brown Baggers and attend.
I am now going to tell you to go to them.
You might think I am crazy or sadistic. But truly, one of the things I regret most about junior year was missing out on the Brown Baggers. For example, at least THREE of the colleges on my list came to visit at lunchtime. I wasted time researching colleges because I didn't first go to Brown Baggers. Below, I debunk common myths of them.
1. I'm not going to go to that college, why waste my time?
First off, very few of you know which colleges you AREN'T going to in the Fall of junior year. Even more importantly however, every college has ten colleges that are a lot like it, they just might be in a different part of the country, have different financial options, etc. The point of the Brown Baggers is partially to look into a certain college, but it is also a chance to find out what you even want from a college. For example, you go to the Brown Bagger for Bradley University (a perfectly wonderful institution!), but you don't like it. Well, WHY didn't you like it? What would you want differently? These questions will be very useful to you when you're actually building a college list.
2.Brown Baggers are just for seniors
If you had a preconceived notion, or you have had a senior tell you this is true, let me just squelch that idea now. If a Senior is applying EA/ED, they need a college list RIGHT NOW. If they are applying Regular, they need a college list by NOVEMBER. Brown Baggers last ALL year. So, it is true that seniors are at Brown Baggers, because they are finalizing their lists and double-checking the ones they have. However, these are for juniors as well. These counselors want juniors to come; their whole spiel is to people just beginning their lists. So, being a junior is not an excuse.
3. There is no other students in the room! How embarrassing!
There is a general philosophy around Uni that dances aren't fun, so people don't go. However, if no one goes, OF COURSE IT WON'T BE FUN. If every student walks by the room saying that no one is there and they don't go in, NO ONE WILL GO IN. And, it is more embarrassing to tell Lisa next spring that you are interested in let's say, oh, Illinois Wesleyan, and there was Brown Bagger that you didn't even look into. When you see an admissions counselor in a classroom and you are interested, go in! In fact, if no else comes, think about ALL the questions you get to ask, and all the personalized information you'll get!
4. How come it's places like Knox, Michigan Tech, Reed? I want Stanford/Princeton/Yale/UPenn!
Thousands of students want to go to these schools. They are big name, prestigious universities for a reason. Now think, even though Uni is an elite public high school, it's in Urbana. If you were a big name institution, wouldn't it make more sense to go to a metropolitan area like CHICAGO or ST. LOUIS, where people all around can drive and meet in the big city? That's the reason why we don't get these schools. It would be a waste of their time to come. However, we are fortunate because we get plenty of schools all around that are VERY cool and have TONS of scholarships. Another thing: some of the happiest and most successful college grads came from small, lesser known schools that matched who they were, not the other way around.
Anyway, sorry this blog is so long. Speaking of great things to attend that you wouldn't think about, tonight the director of admissions from University of Illinois is coming to DCL, room 1320, from 7-8. I highly recommend it because U of I is NOT a back up school, especially in such subjects as Engineering. Also, it is a great institution, and not a failure to leave CU kind of school.
-Celinda :D
I am now going to tell you to go to them.
You might think I am crazy or sadistic. But truly, one of the things I regret most about junior year was missing out on the Brown Baggers. For example, at least THREE of the colleges on my list came to visit at lunchtime. I wasted time researching colleges because I didn't first go to Brown Baggers. Below, I debunk common myths of them.
1. I'm not going to go to that college, why waste my time?
First off, very few of you know which colleges you AREN'T going to in the Fall of junior year. Even more importantly however, every college has ten colleges that are a lot like it, they just might be in a different part of the country, have different financial options, etc. The point of the Brown Baggers is partially to look into a certain college, but it is also a chance to find out what you even want from a college. For example, you go to the Brown Bagger for Bradley University (a perfectly wonderful institution!), but you don't like it. Well, WHY didn't you like it? What would you want differently? These questions will be very useful to you when you're actually building a college list.
2.Brown Baggers are just for seniors
If you had a preconceived notion, or you have had a senior tell you this is true, let me just squelch that idea now. If a Senior is applying EA/ED, they need a college list RIGHT NOW. If they are applying Regular, they need a college list by NOVEMBER. Brown Baggers last ALL year. So, it is true that seniors are at Brown Baggers, because they are finalizing their lists and double-checking the ones they have. However, these are for juniors as well. These counselors want juniors to come; their whole spiel is to people just beginning their lists. So, being a junior is not an excuse.
3. There is no other students in the room! How embarrassing!
There is a general philosophy around Uni that dances aren't fun, so people don't go. However, if no one goes, OF COURSE IT WON'T BE FUN. If every student walks by the room saying that no one is there and they don't go in, NO ONE WILL GO IN. And, it is more embarrassing to tell Lisa next spring that you are interested in let's say, oh, Illinois Wesleyan, and there was Brown Bagger that you didn't even look into. When you see an admissions counselor in a classroom and you are interested, go in! In fact, if no else comes, think about ALL the questions you get to ask, and all the personalized information you'll get!
4. How come it's places like Knox, Michigan Tech, Reed? I want Stanford/Princeton/Yale/UPenn!
Thousands of students want to go to these schools. They are big name, prestigious universities for a reason. Now think, even though Uni is an elite public high school, it's in Urbana. If you were a big name institution, wouldn't it make more sense to go to a metropolitan area like CHICAGO or ST. LOUIS, where people all around can drive and meet in the big city? That's the reason why we don't get these schools. It would be a waste of their time to come. However, we are fortunate because we get plenty of schools all around that are VERY cool and have TONS of scholarships. Another thing: some of the happiest and most successful college grads came from small, lesser known schools that matched who they were, not the other way around.
Anyway, sorry this blog is so long. Speaking of great things to attend that you wouldn't think about, tonight the director of admissions from University of Illinois is coming to DCL, room 1320, from 7-8. I highly recommend it because U of I is NOT a back up school, especially in such subjects as Engineering. Also, it is a great institution, and not a failure to leave CU kind of school.
-Celinda :D
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
*Banging head on wall*
Hey!
I was supposed to blog yesterday night...but the English homework, and the eating, and the tired all got in the way...
Ahem. Anyways. I am working on applications right now. Especially for this scholarship program. Which has a due date of September 30. Which is soon. OMG. I literally am going into panic attack mode. My advice? Start your research early. Build a list of scholarships that you might be interesting to you. My thoughts are, you don't know what college you want to go to, but you can find scholarships because there is a lot of logistical things you know about yourself. Like, I am biracial, and have been for the past 16 years. Or, I'm a girl. Or, my dad didn't go to college (semi first generation to go to college anyone?). Do you understand what I mean? The reason you should do this early is because, unlike college, scholarship deadlines don't follow a general pattern. Colleges (most anyways) follow a deadline pattern.
To begin your research:
-Go to Fastweb.com
-Check out references in the library
-Talk to Lisa
-Ask seniors
NOTE OF CAUTION: If a scholarship site is asking for money to sign up, it's a scam. Also, be careful of sites/letters that say you have been nominated. Uni doesn't nominate students to random scholarship programs like other schools do.
Keep tabs on your scholarship research; this will be very helpful when you're a senior already scrambling to finish college apps :]
-Celinda :]
I was supposed to blog yesterday night...but the English homework, and the eating, and the tired all got in the way...
Ahem. Anyways. I am working on applications right now. Especially for this scholarship program. Which has a due date of September 30. Which is soon. OMG. I literally am going into panic attack mode. My advice? Start your research early. Build a list of scholarships that you might be interesting to you. My thoughts are, you don't know what college you want to go to, but you can find scholarships because there is a lot of logistical things you know about yourself. Like, I am biracial, and have been for the past 16 years. Or, I'm a girl. Or, my dad didn't go to college (semi first generation to go to college anyone?). Do you understand what I mean? The reason you should do this early is because, unlike college, scholarship deadlines don't follow a general pattern. Colleges (most anyways) follow a deadline pattern.
To begin your research:
-Go to Fastweb.com
-Check out references in the library
-Talk to Lisa
-Ask seniors
NOTE OF CAUTION: If a scholarship site is asking for money to sign up, it's a scam. Also, be careful of sites/letters that say you have been nominated. Uni doesn't nominate students to random scholarship programs like other schools do.
Keep tabs on your scholarship research; this will be very helpful when you're a senior already scrambling to finish college apps :]
-Celinda :]
Thursday, September 2, 2010
I'm going to college on Mars, majoring in the art of sleeping :P
Right now you juniors might feel some pressure being put on you. Your parents and Uni is telling you that college is right around the corner, and you MUST have it all figured out. In fact, the two most common questions you might be asked are:
1) Where are you going to college?
2) What are you going to major in?
I think those questions are dumb. The first one is dumb because I don't even know where I am going, and I'm a senior. That is a May 1, senior year decision. The answer to number 1: I don't know. The second question is dumb because it varies from college to college, and sometimes people aren't sure what they want to major in. It changes so much for people. In fact, people change it IN college too. So answer to number 2: I'm not sure.
There are some questions you can answer though, that are very important for the college process. Here, I list only 5 of the many.
1) What was your favorite vacation?
2) Which is better, morning or night?
3) If you were stuck on a deserted island and you could only bring three things with you, what would you bring?
4) What's your song?
5) Will the Bears (football team) have a good season this year? Why?
;] Celinda
1) Where are you going to college?
2) What are you going to major in?
I think those questions are dumb. The first one is dumb because I don't even know where I am going, and I'm a senior. That is a May 1, senior year decision. The answer to number 1: I don't know. The second question is dumb because it varies from college to college, and sometimes people aren't sure what they want to major in. It changes so much for people. In fact, people change it IN college too. So answer to number 2: I'm not sure.
There are some questions you can answer though, that are very important for the college process. Here, I list only 5 of the many.
1) What was your favorite vacation?
2) Which is better, morning or night?
3) If you were stuck on a deserted island and you could only bring three things with you, what would you bring?
4) What's your song?
5) Will the Bears (football team) have a good season this year? Why?
;] Celinda
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