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Going Places ... Rollins TRiO Shadow Day!
P a r t o f t h e T r i o P r o g r a m F a m i l y
S i n c e 1 9 6 5 .
December 10, 2010
Volume 1, Issue 4
The Time to Get Ready for College is Now!
Your Future is Waiting For You!
Rollins College
Upward Bound
Staff
Pre-Collegiate
Coordinator
Carrie Glatting
Upward Bound Team Stacy Spencer
Julie Brant
In this Issue Back to School ……………………….1
Career Highlight …………..…..…...2
College Highlight………...….……..2
Community Engagement ……….4
Upcoming Events …………..……4
Senior’s Corner ………………...……3
Study Skills ………………………..…..3
Fall is in full swing and the Talent
Search program has been very busy. The counselors have been back at schools and have visited most students twice already. If you missed a meeting due to an absence, schedule conflict, or because of a school change, please call us at 407-646-1558, or contact your counselor immediately so we can update our records.
On October 29th the Rollins
Office of Multicultural Affairs, better known as OMA, invited our Talent Search and Upward Bound participants to campus for a Shadow Day. Thirty-two juniors and seniors from local high schools came out for the day. Participants were paired up with
college students who took them to a class, toured the campus, visited a dorm room, ate some of the best pizza from our campus dining hall and showed us all how “We
are all the same inside”. They also received a t-shirt to commemorate the day. This was a truly engaging experience for the students and we are so grateful for our partnership with OMA.
We want to give a special thanks
to Rachel Luce-Hitt, Cherisse Hagwood, Mahjabeen Rafiuddin and all the Rollins students involved in OMA for showing our
participants what a “day in the life of a college student” really looks like. We also want to thank Ms. Andrea Richard, guidance counselor from Gateway High
School for supporting the event by chaperoning twenty students from Gateway. Go Panthers!! We look forward to working with OMA, Gateway and many more schools in the future!
The Corning School of Ocean Studies at Maine Maritime Academy will refine and direct your science skills for use in a career related to the oceans. Their broad-based approach allows career flexibility as you work toward a Bachelor of Science degree in one of two majors: • Marine Biology • Marine Science Marine Biology students develop subject breadth through courses in marine botany and zoology, ecology, physiology, cell biology, and genetics.
Marine Science students study the ocean from an interdisciplinary perspective. Their studies encompass biology, chemistry, geology, and physics of the ocean environment. Both majors lead to many career and advanced study options. Marine Biology: • Marine Botany •
Marine Zoology • Ecology • Physiology • Genetics • Cell Biology Marine Science: • Physical Geology • Sedimentology
• Marine Geology • Marine Geochemistry • Marine Botany/Zoology • Physical Oceanography
Castine, Maine
858 Students
For generations, Maine has been known
worldwide for the skills of her shipbuilders
and sea captains, and for leadership in
every phase of maritime affairs. It was in
Maine that the first English ship built in
America, the VIRGINIA, was launched in
1607. In the 21st century, Mainers
continued to build and sail vessels ranging
from custom yachts to mighty warships.
Windjammers, fishing fleets, and
defenders of the America’s Cup have all
been part of Maine’s seafaring tradition.
Proposals for an institution devoted to
nautical training began in Maine in the
1930s. Educational and civic leaders
throughout the state — led by Senator
Ralph Leavitt of Portland — prompted the
creation of Maine Maritime Academy by
an act of the 90th Maine Legislature on
March 21, 1941.
Maine Maritime Academy is a career-
oriented college that strives to continue to
be a globally recognized leader in
providing the highest quality maritime
engineering technology, marine science,
and logistics education with facilities and
laboratories that are at the leading edge of
technological innovation.
Going Places ... Page 2
College and Career Highlight
Senior Corner
Page 3 Volume 1, Issue 4
Seniors! It’s crunch time for you right now. You’ve got many responsibilities such as homework, working part-time, exams and so much more. Please don’t let your college applications get pushed aside! This is not the time to procrastinate. Getting into college is what you’ve been working towards since freshman year. Don’t blow your opportunity because you missed the deadline. If you haven't submitted any applications, you'll want to get started this month. If you need help or you have questions, email or call your TS Counselor. Once you complete your first application, every other one will be easier. Be sure to submit the following when you apply to college: 1. Online application 2. Application fee waiver (ask your TS Counselor for these) 3. Transcripts 4. Essay 5. Letters of recommendation 6. SAT/ACT test scores 7. Additional information needed by your college Please email your TS Counselor to let them know if you’ve submitted any applications or if you’ve received any decisions. Admissions Plans – When to Apply Regular Decision means that you turn in your application by the college’s deadline, and they let you know by a specified date. Example Colleges: University of Florida -November 1st University of North Florida -November 19th (all applications received after this date will be considered on a rolling basis) For Rolling Admission, schools review applications as they’re submitted and make decisions throughout the admission cycle (usually within 4-6 weeks of submission of the application). It is usually wise to send your application as soon as possible since some colleges will fill their class by
early winter. Example Colleges: University of Central Florida – At the beginning of October, 6,000 students had applied and over 1,200 had been offered admission for 2011! University of South Florida With Early Action, you send your application by the early deadline and the college sends you its decision earlier. Example : University of Miami -November 1st Florida State University -October 15th When you decide to apply Early Decision, you are committing yourself to going to that school. Early Decision is for those early-bird students who already have a clear first-choice college. If you’re still comparing colleges and don’t want to limit your choices yet, Early Decision is not for you. Why? Early Decision is a contract between you and the college. You agree that if the college accepts you, you’ll withdraw all other college applications and attend the early decision college. Because of this commitment, you can apply Early Decision to only one college. Example Colleges: Rollins College -November 15th New York University -November 1st
Volume 1, Issue 4
Having good grades is awesome for college bound students. Being a good student takes a lot of hard work. Making the right choices also plays a key role in grades. Students must sacrifice what they want for what they need. In order to obtain that academic scholarship students must know when to study and when to relax. No student is given an “A.” To be a great student you must always earn an “A”. Below are some tips to improve as a student.
Preparing for college starts early and
study skills are vital to academic and personal achievements.
Always take notes
Ask questions, “ No such thing as a Dumb Question”
Develop a schedule
Study in increments
Stay positive while reviewing for a big exam
Relate material to everyday life activities
Develop a study group
Always review previous tests
Be sure to get your proper rest before a test
Hear yourself answering the question correctly.
Study Skills
College Tour
Going to college is more than just
applications and research. Selecting
the right college begins with touring
the campus. To get an idea of what
a college campus feels like. Every
high school student should tour a
the campus of the school you are
considering. Many colleges offer
tours via their admissions
department. Some universities have
tour guides that specialize in certain
campus tours.
Below are some tips for a college
tours.
Ask questions while walking the
campus.
Always tour during the middle of
the semester.
Select a day where classes will
be in session.
Have an energetic tour guide,
they set the tempo of the tour
Always tour the campus on
Wednesday or Thursday,
typically busy days for campus
events. This will give you a good
sense of campus life.
Interested in Volunteering?
SPCA of Central Florida
Contact: Amber Ferguson, Volunteer Manager [email protected] 407-248-1748 **Must have a parent or guardian present to volunteer with animals
The Mustard Seed – Furniture and Clothing Bank
Contact: Ronald Grant [email protected] 407-875-2040 **Looking for volunteers to sort clothing, etc. at warehouse
Scouting for Food
Saturday, November 13, 2010 Location: Various collection sites around town Description: Scouting for Food Bag Collection Day - Scouts will go to different neighborhoods and collect bags of food. Families are asked to leave the bags outside their door for pick up by 9:00 a.m. Scouts will deliver the food collected to one of the collection sites.
Florida Hospital Contact: Ken Fuller, Manager Volunteer Services [email protected] 407-303-6938 **Must meet all requirements ** 1. 15 years of age or older 2. Complete and pass drug screening 3. Provide up to date immunization records
4. TB test provided by hospital 5. Commit to 100 hours of service to hospital. Community service hours will not be signed off until 100 hours are complete. 6. High school resume requested. Include: Name, address, high school, GPA, clubs or organizations that you are a part of (include Rollins Talent Search or Rollins Upward Bound), leadership roles and any job experience.
Rollins College Martin Luther King Jr. week January 13th-17th 2011 Please come out and support the cause of “his dream”
Community Engagement
UNCF 5K Run
On November 6, 2010 Rollins
College Upward Bound participated
in the 2010 United Negro College
Fund walk/run for education. Our
jogging team was sponsored by the
Winter Park Health Foundation to
participate in our first 5k run of the
year. “UNCF—the United Negro
College Fund—is the nation’s
largest and most effective minority
education organization. UNCF
provides operating funds for 39
member historically black colleges
and universities (HBCUs),
scholarships and internships for
students at about 900 institutions
and faculty and administrative
professional training. For more
than 66 years, UNCF has raised
more than $3.2 billion to help more
than 350,000 students attend college and graduate
from college. UNCF has distributed more funds to
help minorities attend school than any entity outside
of the U.S. government.”
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Community Service Opportunities/Upcoming Events