School Report 2011-2012

1. School Report 2011-2012 • Your name and personal information • School: The Scholars’ Academy • Waive your rights, sign, and date • Address: 320 Beach 104th Street, Rockaway Park, NY 11694 • Counselor’s Name: Michelle Villa • School’s Website: www.scholarsnyc.com • Counselor’s Signature: leave blank• Telephone: 718-474-6918; Fax: 718-945-8958 • Title: School Counselor • Scholars’ Academy CEEB Code: 334873 • Counselor email: mvilla@scholarsnyc.com

3. Front of SR Envelope

4. Back of SR Envelope

5. Front of Mid-Year Envelope

6. Back of Mid-Year Envelope

7. DEADLINES ARE CRITICAL!!!!! Each college will inform you of its application deadline in its application instructions and/or catalog. Be sure to follow the schedule of College Office due dates. You must meet all filing deadlines in order for your application to be considered. YOU MUST CONTINUE TO DO WELL THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR! Colleges can and will rescind an admission offer if you do not maintain your grades throughout the school and/or if you drop a class.

8. Hand Out and Go Over Senior Year Calendar

9. Community Service Your Community Service hours will now be logged online through Google Docs! Stay tuned for an invite to view our Google Survey. https://docs.google.com/a/scholarsnyc.com/spreadsheet/viewform?om=true&richtext=false&formkey=dDdIbGF1TUJCVGoyV3M2cXZiNFpLM1E6MQ#gid=0 Please note that you will still be responsible for logging your hours on the form in your planner (including supervisor signature).

10. SUNY Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) Eligibility To be eligible for admission to EOP you must be: A New York State resident for 12 months prior to enrollment; Require special admissions consideration; and Qualify as economically disadvantaged according to the guidelines. In selecting students for the program, priority is given to applicants from historically disadvantaged backgrounds. Fee Waiver Students submitting an application for EOP consideration may qualify for an application fee waiver for their first four (4) campus choices.

11. SUNY Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) Eligibility

12. Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) The Higher Education Opportunity Program is a partnership between the State of New York and its independent institutes which provides economically and educationally disadvantaged residents the possibility of a college education. What makes HEOP unique is that it serves students who would not normally be admissible to the colleges they attend.

13. Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) Eligibility To be eligible for HEOP you must be a resident of New York State for at least one year, must have a high school diploma, be educationally and economically disadvantaged and have motivation for higher learning and college completion. To apply for admission to a Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP), request an application from the institution that you are interested in attending and/or check for supplemental forms on CommonApp.org. There are 58 HEOP programs throughout New York State.

14. QuestBridge National College Match Program The QuestBridge National College Match is designed for high school seniors who have shown outstanding academic ability despite facing economic challenges. Most College Match scholarship recipients come from households earning less than $60,000 annually (for a typical family of four) and have experienced long-term economic hardship. QuestBridge Students receive: Full cost of tuition: up to $40,000 per year, depending on the college. Full cost of room and board: up to $15,000 per year, depending on the college.

15. How To Apply: QuestBridge The National College Match application requires you to provide extensive information on your academic accomplishments and financial background, as well as write three essays, complete short answer questions, and gather three letters of recommendation, a transcript, and test score reports. The National College Match allows you to apply to up to 8 of our partner colleges by using one application. You will be asked to rank these colleges in order of your preference. The National College Match application is due on September 30. The QuestBridge Regular Decision process allows you to apply to any or all of our partner colleges through a traditional regular decision process. You may choose not to rank colleges for the College Match process and only apply to our partner colleges for Regular Decision. Or, if you apply for the College Match and are not selected for a match scholarship, you can request to have your application forwarded to our partner colleges for Regular Decision. In order to participate in the Regular Decision process, you must submit your National College Match application by September 30.

16. QuestBridge Participating Colleges Amherst College Bowdoin College Brown University California Institute of Technology Columbia University Dartmouth College Emory University Grinnell College Haverford College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Northwestern University Oberlin College Parsons The New School for Design Pomona College Princeton University Rice University Scripps College Stanford University Swarthmore College Trinity College University of Chicago University of Notre Dame University of Pennsylvania University of Southern California University of Virginia Vassar College Washington and Lee University Wellesley College Wesleyan University Williams College Yale University

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