College and Scholarship Information

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College and Scholarship Information
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Some Advice

• Getting scholarships, even just one, takes a lot
  of effort and work
• Its not an easy process for anyone, so be
  patient and the work you put in, will show in the
  end ?
• Never pay anyone for scholarships, scholarships
  are suppose to give you money, not you to them
• If you have any questionable sources, check the
  Better Business Bureau online (www.bbb.org)

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Links

• www.fastweb.com !!!
• www.Fafsa.ed.gov
• www.studentaid.ed.gov
• http//www.nationalcollegesearch.com
• www.Yahoo.com (search minority scholarships)
• www.Inroads.com
• http//bls.gov/oco/
• http//www.uncf.org/scholarships/applynow.asp
  (United Negro College Fund)
• Naacp.org (National Association for the
  Advancement of Colored People)

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Links

• http//www.chci.org (Congressional Hispanic
  Caucus Institute)
• www.hispanicfund.org
• http//hace-usa.org
• www.apahcinc.org (ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE
  COUNCIL)
• /www.ocanatl.org (Organization of Chinese
  Americans )

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Links

• http//www.nationalcapacd.org/links.htmledu
  (National Coalition for Asian Pacific American
  Community Development)
• http//www.preparingforcollege.com/
• http//www.yourgrant.com/scholarship.htm
• www.finaid.org

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First Off

• Consider what you want from a college
• Small school, medium school, large school?
• Get an idea for what you might want to pursue.
  You dont have to decide just right now, but it
  is good to have an idea of where you want to
  begin.
• These colleges are known for their attention and
  service to minority students.
• If youre interested in a particular college,
  request information and visit them. College
  should be like a second home.
• Whatever you dont find out here, please look at
  the websites of the colleges and look for either
  Admissions or Student Services because those
  are the best for information.

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College Basics

• Colleges and Universities both offer Bachelors
  Degree programs.
• A Bachelors Degree is the degree you get after
  four years of college.
• Some offer Associates Degrees, a degree for two
  years of school.
• Then there are masters, doctorates and post
  doctorates, which take more time.
• People who continue education after high school
  make 1.1 million more in their lifetimes than
  people who dont.

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Harper College Campus
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Harper College

• http//www.harpercollege.edu/
• [phone]
• Type Public two-year college
• Year founded1965
• Student body Coed
• Religious affiliation None
• In-District Tuition2,130
• In-State 8,430
• Fees Required 382
• The majority of the funds administered by the
  Financial Aid Office are based on demonstrated
  financial need and all students at Harper College
  are encouraged to apply for assistance.

• Why Choose Harper Community College?
• More student-oriented instruction than
  universities that have a strong research
  component
• Smaller classes
• Non-competitive entrance level
• Availability of ESL and remedial skill classes to
  prepare students for college level work
• Accredited full-time Intensive English Program
• Excellent faculty
• Ease of transfer to four-year schools such as the
  University of Illinois, Northern Illinois
  University, DePaul University and many others.

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Harper College

• SAT/ACT Required
• Harper offers Certificates and Associates Degrees
• http//www.harpercollege.edu/catalog/2005-06/cat05
  06sec8.pdf

• Call to request more information
• [phone]
• Visit campus
• Harper has locations in Schaumburg as well as in
  Palatine, which is about 30 minutes away.

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Harper College Choosing a Major

• In my career I would like to
• Build or fix things, work with machines or
  perhaps outdoors, be physically active, and
  produce a tangible result.
• Be involved solving problems through scientific
  or business research and analysis.
• Express myself creatively through writing, music,
  drama or other artistic activities.
• Help others as a teacher, counselor, medical
  caregiver, or social worker.
• Motivate and influence other people as a manager,
  public speaker, sales person, legal advocate.
• Work in a business environment with data and/or
  computers performing clerical, administrative or
  financial functions.

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University of Madison-Wisconsin

• http//www.wisc.edu/
• Type Public university
• Year founded1848
• Student body Coed
• Religious affiliation None
• Setting Urban setting
• Closest city Milwaukee
• Distance from home96 miles
• In-State- Tuition5,860
• Out-of-State 19,860
• Room and board 6,250

• Exceptional Academics
• 9 undergraduate schools offering more than 160
  majors and 4,200 courses
• 70 academic programs ranked in the nation's top
  10 (U.S. News World Report)
• Opportunities to study abroad, participate in
  honors programs, complete an internship, conduct
  hands-on research, and take service-learning
  courses
• National ranking of 7th among public universities
  (U.S. News World Report)

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University of Madison-Wisconsin Cont

• Student Body Stats
• Total Number Percent
• African American 967 2.3
• Asian American1,863 4.5
• Native American232 0.6
• Hispanic1,069 2.6

• http//www.finaid.wisc.edu/scholarships.html

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Roosevelt University
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Roosevelt University

• http//www.roosevelt.edu/
• Tuition 16,080
• Room and board 8,400
• Required fees250
• White 48
• Hispanic 11
• Black / African-American26
• Asian / Pacific Islander5
• Native American0 Unknown10
• Bachelors Degree Offered

• ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY is a four-year, private
  institution with full service campuses in
  Chicago's Loop and northwest suburban Schaumburg.
  
• The English Language Program offers academic
  English as a Second Language (ESL) classes that
  prepare non-native speakers of English for study
  at the graduate or undergraduate level.
• http//www.roosevelt.edu/academics
• Chicago or Schaumburg campus, shuttle buses
  available

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University of Illinois-Chicago
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University of Illinois-Chicago

• http//www.uic.edu/
• Type Public university
• Year founded1946
• Student body Coed
• Religious affiliation None
• Tuition 5682
• Room and Board 6884
• Required Fees 2142
• SAT/ACT Required
• Bachelors Degree Offered

• White44
• Hispanic16
• Black / African-American9
• Asian / Pacific Islander26
• Native American0
• Unknown5

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University of Illinois-Chicago

• Our reputation for excellent instruction and
  service brings over 300 international students to
  Chicago each year. Ours is Chicago's most highly
  accredited English program.
• LARES Latin American Recruitment and Educational
  Services Program
• LARES was established to assist UIC in the
  recruitment of Latinos and to provide academic
  support to increase their chances for success.

• http//www.uic.edu/depts/tie/
• The African American Academic Network (AAAN) is
  an academic and student development resource
  program that seeks to address the unique
  interests and needs of African American
  undergraduate students. AAAN's primary mission is
  to increase the recruitment, retention, and
  graduation rates of African American students.

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DePaul University
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DePaul University

• http//www.depaul.edu/
• Type Private university
• Year founded 1898
• Student body Coed
• Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
• Setting Urban
• Tuition19,700
• Room and board 9,343
• Required fees40
• Certificates and Bachelors Degrees Offered

• White61
• Hispanic13
• Black / African-American11
• Asian / Pacific Islander10
• Native American0
• Unknown6
• SAT/ACT Required
• Four times a year we offer free ESL classes in
  late afternoon, taught by student teachers.
• Next one is Oct. 31st, 115-245pm in Chicago
• Campuses in Naperville and Oak Park, and OHare

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DePauls English Language Academy

• Foundations
• Intermediate
• High Intermediate
• Advanced
• University Bridge
• In each level, ELA students take four classes
• Writing
• Reading
• Grammar
• Spoken English and Listening
• ELA classes are small, usually from 10 to 17
  students, and they are taught by expert
  instructors.
• Normally ELA students work in one level for the
  entire term - 10 weeks in Fall, Winter or Spring,
  8 weeks in Summer - before passing to the next
  level.

• Foundations is a low-level course for students
  who know some English and have an active
  vocabulary of 200-400 words.
• University Bridge is a highly sophisticated
  course in which students write research papers,
  deliver formal presentations, do extensive
  reading and other university-level tasks. At the
  end of University Bridge, students who pass all
  of their classes receive a certificate of
  completion.
• In the ELA your level is decided by placement
  tests given at the beginning of your first term.

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Benedictine University

• http//www.ben.edu/
• Type Private higher education institution
• Year founded1887
• Student body Coed
• Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
• Setting Suburban setting
• 19 miles away from Schaumburg

• White48
• Hispanic8
• Black / African-American11
• Asian / Pacific Islander13
• Native American0 Unknown20
• SAT/ACT Required
• Associate/Bachelors Degrees Offered

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Benedictine University

• Their ESL Program
• Workshop-oriented course that emphasizes the
  formal properties of the English language.
  Focuses on basic statement and question patterns,
  identifying parts of speech, subject/verb
  agreement, simple and continuous present, past
  and future tenses and introduce nouns/pronouns,
  articles, adverbs and adjectives, demonstratives,
  possessives, conjunctions, quantifiers,
  prepositions and modals. Practices error
  correction and TOEFL tests.

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Just A Glance

• Loyola University http//www.luc.edu/
• Elmhurst College http//www.elmhurst.edu/
• Northern Illinois University http//www.niu.edu/
• Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg
  http//www.ilis.artinstitutes.edu/
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  http//www.uiuc.edu/
• Argosy University http//www.argosyu.edu/
• Northeastern Illinois University
  http//www.neiu.edu/
• Webster University http//www.webster.edu
• Bradley University http//www.bradley.edu
• Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  http//www.siuc.edu/
• Purdue University (Indiana) http//www.purdue.edu/
  
• Beloit College (Wisconsin/Illinois)
  http//beloit.edu
• Iowa State University http//www.iastate.edu/
• University of Nebraska http//www.unl.edu/
• Harvard University http//www.harvard.edu/

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Never Settle For Less!