College Month Kick-off at BPS/
Boston Scholar Athletes College & Career Fair,
9/27
October 2014
SUNDAY
COLLEGE MONTH
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
College Month Kick-off:
Represent Your Alma Mater Day!
College
Month Kickoff Week
@CollegeMonth
10 more days until PSATstudy at: collegeboard.com/
student/testing/psat/prep.html
5
Complete FAFSA4Caster:
fafsa.ed.gov
Brandeis University Fall
Preview Day brandeis.edu
Admissions
Awareness
Week
CollegeBoard Boston Guidance
Counselor Workshop @
UMASS Boston; register:
collegeboard.org
6
Attend uAspire’s Afford College
101 Workshop in your school:
usaspire.org
12
Ask #CollegeMonth
Twitter Chat:
What’s the big deal about PSAT?
#CollegeMonth
Columbus Day
13
Wheelock College Info Session
10 – 12
Wheelock.edu
Suffolk University Fall Open
House 11 a.m. OR 12 noon
Suffolk.edu
19
25 days until Ron Brown
Scholarship application due:
ronbrown.org
7
American Student Assistance
offers free Financial Aid resources
at: saltmoney.org/index.html
Earn a full scholarship;
begin Gates Millennium
Scholarship Application:
gmsp.org
14
Email collegemonth@gmail.com
for a College Tracking Sheet
20
19 days until 11/8
SAT Test;
study at:
sat.collegeboard.org/practice
Connect with BPS Alumni during a
College Month Alumni Event
Schedule info session @
Bunker Hill Community
College bhcc.edu
21
Ron Brown Scholarship App.
LIVE 11/1 ronbrown.org
Thank you for advancing college readiness & success among Boston’s youth!
THURSDAY
1
FRIDAY
Schedule a college planning
meeting with guidance
counselor
BPL College Application & Financial
Aid Workshop: 617-859-2334
Register for Fall Open Houses
at area colleges
BU Guidance Counselor Breakfast
Ask Guidance Counselor for
10/23 BU Overnight Event
Application
Jack Kent Cook Scholarship Twitter
Chat, 2-3, #askJKCF
Research college admissions
requirements
Search colleges; build list:
bigfuture.
collegeboard.org
Northeastern University Info
Session: College of Engineering
Wednesday’s (every Wed.):
neu.edu/admissions
Benjamin Franklin Institute
of Technology BPS Senior
Class Visit Day bfit.edu
8
15
Boston Scholar Athlete College Trips –
Register via Zone Facilitator
Go to Success Boston
website & learn more
about college planning:
successboston.org
Late registration deadline for
Oct. 25 ACT test
Tufts Science Open House
8:30-3:00
admissions.tufts.edu/visit
3
Create a Common Application
account: commonapp.org
22
Schedule info session @
Roxbury Community College
rcc.edu
9
Deadline to register for
11/8 SAT Test
22 more days until Coca-Cola
Scholarship due:
coca-colascholarsfoundation.org
Attend a campus tour at
Newbury College 10 & 1,
Mon-Thur. newbury.edu
16
Boston Scholar Athlete (BSA)
Scholarship Application Available
Boston University
Overnight Event for
Boston Seniors
23
Voices of Tufts Diversity
Experience (10/23-24)
admissions.tufts.edu/voices
4
Yom Kippur
Visit American Student Assistance
College Planning Center @
Copley Library: 617-536-0200
9 more days until 10/11 SAT Test:
sat.collegeboard.org/practice
17 days until 10/25 ACT Test;
study at:
actstudent.org/testprep
PSAT Day for Juniors
2
SATURDAY
Ask 2-3 teachers for college &
scholarship letters of recommendation
Work on your college essay
Boston University Fall Visit
Day 9–1 bu.edu
10
Ask #CollegeMonth
Twitter Chat:
What do I need on SAT Day?
#CollegeMonth
Show your college essay
to English teacher for
feedback
17
Schedule an info-session with
Mass Bay Community College
massbay.edu
Boston University Fall
Visit Day 9-1 bu.edu
24
Get College Essay feedback:
Sign up for 826Boston’s Annual
College Essay Workshop, 11/18 –
info@826Boston.org
Emerson College Fall Open
House 9– 3 emerson.edu
11
SAT Reasoning & Subject Tests
TODAY
Black Boys Forum, Freedom House
Dorchester, 12-3 617-445-3700
UMASS Boston Fall Open
House 9-1
umb.edu/admissions
18
In-school college essay support
offered by 826Boston available
for teachers:
Rachel@826boston.org
Wheelock College Info
Session 10-12
Wheelock.edu
25
Benjamin Franklin Institute of
Technology Fall Open House 9-1
bfit.edu
ACT Test Today
Suffolk Open House 11-12
Suffolk.edu
Career
Exploration
Week
@CollegeMonth
Have a college, career, or financial aid question? Tweet it . #CollegeMonth
College
Affordability
Week
Alumni
Engagement
Week
facebook.com/Successboston.umassboston
For more details on the Success Boston initiative, visit www.successboston.org
26
Wentworth Institute of
Technology Open House 9:30-2:00
wentworth.edu
SuccessBoston_Calendar_Letter.indd 1
Schedule visit to Bentley
University Diversity
Recruitment Day, 11/8
bentley.edu
27
Visit with a Boston PIC Career
Specialist; match college & career
goals- bostonpic.org
Explore careers on Naviance or
Your Plan for the Future
Hispanic College Fair,
Regis College 9:30-12:30
Late Registration deadline,
11/8 SAT Test
28
Build your resume for college
and career – bostonpic.org
Register for Fisher College
Fall Open House, 11/2:
fisher.edu
29
Register for Simmons College
Fall Open House, 11/2:
simmons.edu
Jackie Robinson Foundation
Scholarship Application
LIVE 11/1: jackierobinson.org
Goal date: complete your
college essay & begin
supplemental essays
30
Plan internships/volunteering;
visit The City of Boston’s guide:
cityofboston.gov/youthzone/
jobsinternshipsAndVolunteering
Halloween
31
Coca-Cola Scholarship due TODAY:
Coca-colascholars foundation.org
Tufts Science & Math Open House
8:30-3
admissions.tufts.edu/visit
9/17/14 1:34 pm