Meet a UGA Foundation Fellow!

University of Georgia: Honors Scholarship Program

Grace Siemietkowski, Class of 2011, is having an unparalleled college experience, she is a Foundation Fellow at the University of Georgia. Grace has shared her incredible experience as a Fellow with us at Visitation.

“Not only has the Fellowship paid for my education, but it has introduced me to some of my very best friends. Through the Fellowship program I get to participate in exclusive book discussions, movie screenings, and dinner seminars. In addition, I have been introduced to the world wide alumni network of UGA and traveled extensively with the program. This past May “the Fellows” studied for a month at Oxford University and this spring we will be studying "The Anthropology of Surfing" in Costa Rico, all through grants provided to students in the program. However, I love Athens, Georgia itself. Athens is an incredible town with an awesome music scene, beautiful weather, fun people, and enthusiastic professors, and of course an amazing football team!”

If you have any questions about UGA and the Fellowship Program contact Grace via Facebook.

College of the Holy Cross event TOMORROW!

Holy Cross is hosting a special event over at Georgetown University tomorrow morning. Their Director of Admissions has encouraged us to share this event will any of our students who are interested in Holy Cross. It's a good way to show interest and learn about the school.

Mrs. Walsh will also be attending!

Here is the information:

http://alumni.holycross.edu/s/1380/index2col.aspx?sid=1380&gid=1&pgid=779&cid=1700&ecid=1700&ciid=4486&crid=0

We hope some of you will be able to attend!

 

Published by: TSM

The Latest From Vanderbilt

If you are a senior who is applying to Vanderbilt University or a junior who is just embraking on the process, you might be interested in the following email Vanderbilt sent to school counselors today.

The email was titled "Vanderbilt: Census Day" and was filled with hot of the presses compilation of statistics regarding Vanderbilt's entering class for the Fall of 2012.

 The email encouraged us to "use the following data regarding our enrolled fall 2012 class in conversations with students and families as you help them learn more about Vanderbilt."

• 98% held the highest level of leadership or scholarship, or were engaged in national-level honor societies: for instance, student body president, class president, student senator, editor-in-chief of school newspaper or yearbook, Eagle Scout, and National Honor Society
• 14% were student government leaders
• 49% held a service-related leadership position
• 67% were academic leaders
• 35% were athletic leaders or champions
• 21% demonstrated leadership in the fine arts
• Undergraduates represent 49 states and 44 countries
• 5.9% of students graduated from an international high school
• 65% of freshmen received financial assistance
• 13% of freshmen received Pell grants
• Of those from high schools that report class rank, over 90% of first-year enrolled students ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school class
• Middle 50 percentile for SAT ……. 1400 – 1560
• Middle 50 percentile for ACT ……. 32– 34

There are several Visitation graduates enrolled at Vanderbilt; if you would like to contact any of them, check in with your college counselor.

Published by: TSM

Transcript Request Deadline TOMORROW!

This is a reminder that tomorrow, November 9th, is the transcript request deadline for any applications due during the month of December.

Examples of colleges with December deadlines include Clemson, University of South Carolina, and the University of Dayton - but there are lots of others as well!

We know you are all very busy with Gold White, but please try to remember this important deadline!

Published by TSM

It's November 1!

It's official. We have reached the first major deadline in the college process for the Class of 2013. In spite of the curveball Hurrican Sandy threw our way, we managed to get all of the credentials out with time to spare! It was nice of colleges to extend their deadlines but fortunately we did not need the extension.

Please remember that it can take days and even weeks for colleges to match your application with your credentials. You can always doublecheck the Naviance website to confirm that your credentials were sent by Visitatation. We submit credentials electronically so as soon as we hit the send button, they have arrived in the admissions offices.

On a final note, several colleges have rescheduled or cancelled their visits because of the storm. Please be sure to check the Family Connection website for the most curent list of colleges that will be visiting over the next two weeks. Congratulations on making it to the first big deadline!

Published by TSM