Marching Spartans representing at the Hopedale 4th of July!
The new High School lockers have started to arrive!
Congrats to Michal Weber for getting 6th place in the Promotional Bulletin Board competition at the 2019 SkillsUSA National Championship!
LAST STOP for the Bus O Fun college tour: Case Western Reserve University
1. They house the largest Maker Space in the world. It has 7 floors and is called the Think Box
2. Selective admissions with 2/3 of students applying in the STEM field
3. Over 50% of students double major
4. They host 2-3 info sessions a year in northern IL for interested students
5. They have highly selective pre-professional programs where students go straight in without additional MCAT or LCAT
Bus Stop #11: 5 Facts from John Carroll University
1. Smaller suburban Jesuit school with strong focus on service
2. 175 service trip opportunities per week for students
3. Football program has 9 Alumni connections in NFL head staff positions, 2 being GMs
4. Strong alumni network assisting students with internships and housing when filling internships
5. Partnership with Cleveland Clinic Hospitals in a number of STEM programs and research positions
Bus Stop #10 for Mrs. Steve: Allegheny College
1. Require students to select a major and minor from different disciplines to broaden scope of education.
2. Students on campus complete around 70,000 hours of non-required service per year.
3. Professors are evaluated on teaching and not on their ability to do research, but are rewarded for their undergrad research initiatives
4. #2 Environmental Science program in the nation and will be a Climate Neutral campus-wide in 2020.
5. All students complete a senior comprehensive experience
Bus Stop #9: Penn State University Top 5 Facts
1. 20% of Meteorologists come from Penn State
2. Hospitality Management is strong with great experiential learning opportunities
3. Penn State has 20 different campuses throughout the state. Students typically do not get denied, but accepted into alternate campus with the goal of transferring to the main campus.
4. 15 minute walk from each of the academic ends of campus
5. 20,000 students fill the student section at home football games
Steve’s Top 5 from Stop #8: Bucknell University
1. 97% employment/grad school placement after graduation
2. New university farm servicing fresh school produce and research
3. 100% PhD faculty taught courses
4. 50% of students study abroad
5. Test optional application
Bus Stop #7: Dickinson College Top 5
1. 95% medical and law school placement
2. 60% of students do research, internships, AND study abroad
3. Ranked #1 for Global Focus
4. 100% Internship guarantee
5. Graduates include CEOs from LL Bean and Justin’s Peanut Butter
Steve’s Top 5: West Virginia Univ.
1. 7th largest teaching hospital in nation
2. All athletic events free for students; tickets distributed through lottery system
3. 14 Engineering programs; world known for diesel and coal research
4. They have Deans of Completion- help students graduate in 4 years
5. Offers puppeteering major.
Top 5 Facts from Bus Stop #5: Carnegie Mellon
1. Admissions highly selective but meet financial need
2. CMU undergrad salary average is $84,700 starting
3. Leaders in Artificial Intelligence
4. Drama and Music Theatre admissions is 90% determined by audition
5. Enroll 50% woman as STEM focused institution
Congratulations to Olympia High School for being selected for a Global Excellence Award by EF for our participation in hosting students from abroad. New students coming in 2019-2020 from around the world!
Mrs. Steve’s Top 5: University of Pittsburg
1. Urban with a spacious campus feel
2. Strong social “soul” on campus
3. 17 guaranteed admit Master’s degree programs
4. Rolling admit/Apply to 1 of 5 Schools on Campus
5. Guaranteed internship program
Mrs. Steve’s Top 5: University of Pittsburg
1. Urban with a spacious campus feel
2. Strong social “soul” on campus
3. 17 guaranteed admit Master’s degree programs
4. Rolling admit/Apply to 1 of 5 Schools on Campus
5. Guaranteed internship program
Mrs. Steve's Bus Stop #3 Cont.: Oberlin Conservatory of Music
1. Oldest conservatory in the nation
2. 80-90% of acceptance criteria is your audition
3. Specializes in classical/jazz
4. Over 50% of students double major with the college
5. Focus on pre-professional music students
Bus Stop #3: Oberlin College
1. #1 PhD producing liberal arts school
2. Top Art Museum - rents art to students for their dorms for $5 (including original Picasso...really!)
3. Meets 100% student financial need
4. Winter term for student passion projects
5. Co-op living option
Bus Stop #2: Bowling Green State Univ
1. Out-of-state affordability w/ scholarships & housing
2. 1 of only 4 campuses nationally with an active crime lab
3. Strong support for undecided majors
4. D1 NCAA athletics all free for students
5. Jim Brown hosts NFL Broadcasting Bootcamp
Mrs. Steve's Top 5 Facts- U of St Francis
1. Staff will know your name and your family
2. More internships available than students attending
3. Education majors start classroom work freshman year
4. 100% nursing and education job placement rates
5. 100% pass rates on CPA exam
It's Day 1 of the Bus O' Fun College Tour through the Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling! Follow me this week as I travel to 12 colleges/universities in Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia! First stop is the University of St Francis in Joliet, IL.
The youth football camp scheduled for today June 17th has been cancelled. Their are regular high school football activities today.