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Eliza Moeller Melissa Roderick, Jenny Nagaoka , Elaine Allensworth , and Vanessa Coca Co-authors

Potholes on the Road to College What we’ve learned from the first 5 years of the Chicago Postsecondary Transition Project. Eliza Moeller Melissa Roderick, Jenny Nagaoka , Elaine Allensworth , and Vanessa Coca Co-authors. Source: Economic policy institute http://www.epinet.org/datazone.

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  1. Potholes on the Road to CollegeWhat we’ve learned from the first 5 years of the Chicago Postsecondary Transition Project Eliza Moeller Melissa Roderick, Jenny Nagaoka, Elaine Allensworth, and Vanessa Coca Co-authors

  2. Source: Economic policy institute http://www.epinet.org/datazone

  3. Source: Economic policy institute http://www.epinet.org/datazone

  4. So… what’s the payoff? Source: Economic policy institute http://www.epinet.org/datazone

  5. CCSR Web Data Brief: http://ccsrwiki/web_reports/Schoolageenvironment/front.html

  6. CCSR Web Data Brief: http://ccsrwiki/web_reports/Schoolageenvironment/front.html

  7. CCSR Web Data Brief: http://ccsrwiki/web_reports/Schoolageenvironment/front.html

  8. What We’ve Found About The Transition to College • Getting to college requires “college knowledge” and social capital • CPS students’ qualifications are hindering their college efforts’ • College choice matters a great deal • Highly qualified students face unique barriers in the transition to college • High schools have a tremendous impact on the college outcomes of their graduates

  9. Getting to college requires college knowledge and social capital And those are hard to find in this city…

  10. Potholes On the Road to College: http://ccsrwiki/content/publications.php?pub_id=122

  11. Asian students White students African American students Latino students Potholes On the Road to College: http://ccsrwiki/content/publications.php?pub_id=122

  12. Students who were accepted into a four-year college were much more likely to enroll if they completed the FAFSA Potholes On the Road to College: http://ccsrwiki/content/publications.php?pub_id=122

  13. CPS students qualifications are holding them back … but not quite how you think…

  14. Potholes On the Road to College: http://ccsrwiki/content/publications.php?pub_id=122

  15. Nearly 60 percent of CPS students graduate with a “C” or “D” average in their core classes. From High School to the Future: http://ccsrwiki/content/publications.php?pub_id=7

  16. Grades matter more than test scores… • For graduating from high school • For getting into college • For getting into a more selective college • For staying in college and earning a degree

  17. From High School to the Future: http://ccsrwiki/content/publications.php?pub_id=7 Unweighted High School GPA

  18. College choice matters a great deal … and too many students are making poor choices…

  19. Most Common Colleges From College Results Online (collegeresults.org)

  20. From College Results Online (collegeresults.org)

  21. From College Results Online (collegeresults.org)

  22. From College Results Online (collegeresults.org)

  23. Graduation Rates at All Schools From College Results Online (collegeresults.org)

  24. College graduation rates by unweighted high school GPA for popular Illinois colleges Potholes On the Road to College: http://ccsrwiki/content/publications.php?pub_id=122

  25. Highly qualified students face unique barriers Your brightest students might require the most attention

  26. Distinctive Challenges for High-Achieving Students • Same potholes as every one else • Conducting an effective college search • Managing cumbersome applications; accelerated timeline

  27. University of Chicago Application Essays means "mind that does not stick." Zen Master Shoitsu (1202-80)

  28. University of Chicago Application Essays Superstring theory has revolutionized speculation about the physical world by suggesting that strings play a pivotal role in the universe. Strings, however, always have explained or enriched our lives, from Theseus's escape route from the Labyrinth, to kittens playing with balls of yarn, to the single hair that held the sword above Damocles, to the basic awfulness of string cheese, to the Old Norse tradition that one's life is a thread woven into a tapestry of fate, to the beautiful sounds of the finely tuned string of a violin, to the children's game of cat's cradle, to the concept of stringing someone along. Use the power of string to explain the biggest or the smallest phenomenon.

  29. Distinctive Challenges for High-Achieving Students • Same potholes as every one else • Conducting an effective college search • Managing cumbersome applications; accelerated timeline • Handling competing demands for time • Fully understanding and participating in financial aid

  30. What about those high price tags? Can high-need students afford to attend high-tuition universities?

  31. Cost and Financial Aid Tab

  32. HYPOTHETICAL financial aid packages Trends ESTIMATED from financial aid averages found on CollegeBoard.com

  33. HYPOTHETICAL financial aid packages Trends ESTIMATED from financial aid averages found on CollegeBoard.com

  34. HYPOTHETICAL financial aid packages Trends ESTIMATED from financial aid averages found on CollegeBoard.com

  35. HYPOTHETICAL financial aid packages Trends ESTIMATED from financial aid averages found on CollegeBoard.com

  36. HYPOTHETICAL financial aid packages $6,008 $12,937 $10,576 Trends ESTIMATED from financial aid averages found on CollegeBoard.com

  37. HYPOTHETICAL financial aid packages $0 $7,153 $10,576 Trends ESTIMATED from financial aid averages found on CollegeBoard.com

  38. HYPOTHETICAL financial aid packages Trends ESTIMATED from financial aid averages found on CollegeBoard.com $10,576 $7,153 $0

  39. High Schools Make the Difference … a bigger difference than parents…

  40. Percent of students taking each step Potholes On the Road to College: http://ccsrwiki/content/publications.php?pub_id=122

  41. For more information or a full pdf version of any of our CCSR reports, please visit ccsr.uchicago.edu

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