Keep Your Eyes on the Prize!

Hey Seniors:  You are still stressed, but counselors are noticing giant sighs of relief as you are turning in stacks of applications!  (If after you’ve turned in 10 or 12 you overhear quiet sobbing from your counselor’s office - just ignore it and go about your day.)  Thank you for giving your counselors at least two weeks to process.  It is greatly appreciated.

The St. Louis University rep when he visited brought some comments from Glenbard West students who are attending there:

“I am thrilled to say my transition into SLU has gone very smooth, with next to no bumps in the road.”

“My roommate and I get along fabulously.  I’d venture to say we are best friends now.”

“So far I’ve played tons of sand volleyball and have been pretty bad, but it was fun.  I attended most of the Welcome Week events.  They were awesome.”

“I love it here, it’s fantastic.  During Welcome Week I really enjoyed the square dance on top of the parking garage and the Grand Blvd. street party.  I am also enjoying hanging out with my friends and making new ones.”

For many of you, managing your college applications has been like taking another class!  Keep at it¾it will be so worth it next year when you are having a blast at your college’s Welcome Week!

T.T.Y.L.

GW College Coach

·      *Last Essay Writing Workshop next Thursday, October 27th at 2:45 in room 313 with the mighty Wiersums.

·      *See your counselor if you have not yet turned in a November 1^st college app.  Next two big deadlines:  November 15 and December 1.

·    *Next week’s blog will have a contest using NAVIANCE.  Make sure you are signed on to NAVIANCE and read the Blog.  There will be PRIZEs!

R U Ready to Click "Submit"?!

Seniors overheard in the guidance office:  

"Can I use the white version of the green form? " "Did you turn in your pink sheet?" "Do I have to use the yellow forms?" "If you still have the blue handout it tells you everything you need to know." "How many stamps go on the small white envelope?"  "What small white envelopes?!" "I'm so stressed out!"  "I can't wait for all of this to be over so I can go buy college stuff!"

Counselors are still meeting with seniors to answer all of your questions.  You are our priority -- we will get through this together.  If you are still undecided about where to apply here are two great choices that counselors visited this year:

Creighton University -- Omaha, Nebraska 

Enrollment: 7,662  Catholic (Jesuit) 
GORGEOUS campus-- Community Service is huge here

Avg GPA: 4.5-5.0    Avg. ACT 24-29   Solid "B" student -- will look at Below 25 ACT

BUSINESS! 3,000 PAID internships  in 5 Fortune 500 companies in Omaha           

MEDICAL!  Smallest school to have its own teaching hospital

NCAA Division I athletics:  Blue Jays

 

Tulane University -- New Orleans, Louisiana

Enrollment: 12,622   ACT range 29-32   NO APPLICATION FEE           

Beautiful historic campus -- PALM TREES
Four miles by streetcar ($1.25 must have correct change) to downtown

Private research university with the benefits of a smaller liberal arts college

Five undergraduate schools: Architecture (New Orleans is your classroom!), Business, Liberal Arts, Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Science and Engineering     PALM TREES!

NCAA Division I Athletics: Green Wave

...To the Essay-phobes -- next workshop this Thursday, Oct. 6, after school, in room 313 with the Wiersum Writing Team.  Bring your draft essay.

Check your applications over carefully, take a DEEP BREATH, then click “SUBMIT”.

Good luck!

TTYL,

GW College Coach