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**6. April 24th college workshop - Workshop starts at 1:30 pm.**  **Please come prepared to talk about your career interviews.**  **COLLEGE Admissions Essay Workshop- 2:00 - 4:00 PM** **Guest Speaker: Donna Kirschner, PhD.** ===Dr. Kirschner has coached hundreds of students in their writing. She began specifically coaching college and graduate school applicants in their admissions essays in 2004. Dr. Kirschner loves to coach students through the admission essay process. The essay gives applicants a chance to create, in a short space, an in-depth picture of who they are and what they might contribute. Dr. Kirschner enthusiastically draws on her talents as a cultural anthropologist and writing coach to usher students through the process of creating a compelling tale about themselves and perfecting how they tell that story.=== ===Dr. Kirschner earned her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008. While at Penn, she worked as a coach in the writing center and as a fellow and senior fellow in the Writing Across the Curriculum program from 1996-2002.===

**5. March 27 session college workshop - Workshop still starts at 1:30 pm, Parents and others should arrive and be seated by 1:55 PM.**

**COLLEGE FINANCING OPTIONS - 2:00 - 4:00 PM** **Daniel Yannuzzi**

**Senior Assistant Director of Enrollment Management**

Loan Specialist, Arcadia University
Dan is an excellent resource on college financing. Not only does he deal with the issues of loans and scholarships on a daily basis, he does it for free for all his students. His advice is factual, credible and comes without any strings (well... maybe he would like you to consider Arcadia..).

__** This presentation is open to the entire Bhartiya Cultural Center Community - Parents are encouraged to attend. **__

Next: What is the best educational foundation for me to start my career?
What schools offer that foundation? How do I choose between the schools that offer the foundation? How do I know that I am not on the right path (if it were true)? How do I prepare - Activity sheets ( activities) / Common App / Essays


 * Please see the latest addition to the College Finance Links page -A Sallie Mae report on How America Pays for College **.

**4. January 23rd / February 27 session college workshop**

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 * Khake has always been a great resource. Summary of careers, assessments etc. **

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 * DO NOT FAIL TO LOOK AT THIS **:

This resource from the Govt of UTAH is excellent - Career Guide for Teens []

==b. Career interviews: Based on your career interests, you will each interview 5 professionals before the next session to discover what a typical day or a series of days looks like for that professional. What they like, dislike and how they got to where they are. Would they do anything different if they had to do it over again?. == ==c. Juniors - You need to report on the progress of your assignment to look at Common Apps and UPenn App (... Yes, its January and your assignments are due!). == ==d. Ethical Code Spreadsheet link: Please make a copy for yourself and then fill out - Maybe you can have a parent fill it out also and compare: ==

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__**LOGISTICS ISSUES FROM LAST SESSION (1/23) CAUSED CHANGE OF PLANS: WE COVERED COLLEGE VISIT PREPARATION ONLY. **__

=<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. December 19th session college workshop =

===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">a. Based on the feedback from the last session, we will spend 30-45 minutes this session discussing the personality assessment quiz results and what they mean to you. ===

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">PRINT YOUR RESPONSES AND RESULTS AND BRING TO WORKSHOP. THINK ABOUT WHAT THE RESULTS MEAN BEFORE YOU COME.

===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">b: Juniors - You need to report on the progress of your assignment to look at Common Apps and UPenn App (... Yes, its not due till the January meeting but this is a checkpoint ). ===

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">c. College Students Roundtable from 3:00 - 4:15PM. Come prepared with questions.
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">d. Also see new additions to section 3 - College Info. ( two links on colleges with best profs and best paying degrees).

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">e. Ethical Code Spreadsheet link: Please make a copy for yourself and then fill out: <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[]

=<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. November 21st session college workshop =

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">PRINT YOUR RESPONSES AND RESULTS AND BRING TO WORKSHOP.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">b: Please have your parents read the first article in the 2 - College Finance Links page.
=<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Organizing Your College Decision Workshop = <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">October 2, 2010 ( SATURDAY) 9:30 - 4:30 - Arrive at 9:15 PROMPTLY! <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">LOCATION: Bhartiya Temple Auditorium

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">ALL STUDENTS AND PARENTS REGISTERED FOR THE ALL DAY COLLEGE WORKSHOP ARE OK TO ATTEND. (UPDATED 9/25/10)

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">THIS IS A NATIONWIDE PILOT OF A COLLEGE DECISION WORKSHOP CREATED BY THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY BASED DECISION EDUCATION FOUNDATION. THIS IS TRULY A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS - WE HAVE A LIMIT OF 25 STUDENTS AND 25 PARENTS ( YES WE NEED ONE PARENT TO ATTEND WITH THE STUDENT). PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER:

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. 10TH GRADE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE WORKSHOP FOR 2010-11.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. CURRENT 11TH GRADE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE WORKSHOP FOR 2010-11.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. CURRENT 9TH GRADE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE WORKSHOP FOR 2010-11.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. FORMER COLLEGE WORKSHOP STUDENTS. (send an emal to collegeworkshop1 at gmail.com)

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. OTHERS. (send an emal to collegeworkshop1 at gmail.com)

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOME PAGE FOR THE LINK TO ENTER YOUR CELL PHONE AND EMAIL INFO.