College 101 Night on March 14, 2012
Presented by the duPont Manual PTSA and Guidance Counselors
UL
UK
College Fair, Senior Cafeteria from 5:00 – 5:30
Centre Bellarmine Vanderbilt Virginia Tech
5:40pm Auditorium - PTSA General Meeting in Auditorium
6:00 - 6:45 1st session, 6:50 - 7:35 2nd session, 7:40 - 8:25 3rd session
Choose from the following topics:
Senior Cafeteria – Financial Aid: Paying for college
Gene Weiss, Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority
General information on the process for investigation college/higher education, while
offering more detailed information on the Financial Aid and Scholarship search process.
The session will include distribution of the agency’s College Circuit brochure, and
information on various useful web sites.
gweis@kheslc.com
Freshman Cafeteria - Finding the Right College Match
Marigene Witten, Independent College Counselor
Large university or a small college? Close to home or far away? What colleges will fit
in my budget? With over 3,000 colleges and universities in the United States, how do
you find the right one for you? Learn how to begin to narrow your choices and find the
right college match.
witten.collegecounselor@gmail.com
Auditorium- University of Louisville & University of Kentucky
UofL Tom Brammer,
Uof K, Anna Hays
Tom.Brammer@louisville.edu
AnnaLHayes@uky.edu
Room 131 Bellarmine, Lauren Keeling & Va Tech, Ruth Ann Vaughn
lkeeling@bellarmine.edu
Come learn about Virginia Tech a top out-of-state state school.
susie@smashingcake.com
Room 132 The College and Career Center will be open all evening for
you to visit. Manual has a College and Career Center (CCC) located inside the
Guidance Office. The CCC is open to all students during the school day to assist them
wherever they are in their college search process. We have many resource materials
available including college comparison guides, college major guides, scholarship
information, financial aid, summer opportunities for underclassmen, college marketing
materials from hundreds of colleges, and more. Come by tonight and see what resources
are available to your student!
Room 133 Introduction to Resume Building Blocks and Interview
Preparation Mark Decker
markdecker@airstriptech.com.
This workshop is designed to introduce the basic skill sets and practice necessary to
prepare for college & university requirements specific to general application
completion/acceptance and any scholarship selection process where resumes and/or
interviewing are an essential ingredient in successful pursuit of these endeavors.
Room 135 Vanderbilt ,Mary Stevens
Mary.Stevens@Vanderbilt.Edu
What does a large competitive school seek?
Library- The Red Folder -Manual’s College Application Procedures,
Christy Teague, Manual Guidance Counselor
Get a head start on the college application process! This session will cover the following
topics: what colleges need from you when applying, what counselors need from you to
help you complete the college application, important deadlines, how to make your college
application stand out from others. The Guidance Office encourages all seniors to have
submitted college applications by Thanksgiving. Visit this session and leave ahead of the
game!
christy.teague@jefferson.kyschools.us
Room202- Selective College Admission: A Demonstration
Pam Baughman Centre College How do competitive colleges make choices
among a variety of well-qualified applicants? Join this fun and interactive demonstration
of how college admission offices make decisions. Pam.Baughman@centre.edu
Room 204 – Scholarships: How to Pay the Bill for College
Dennis Robinson, YPAS Guidance Counselor
Unless your last name is Gates or Rockefeller, this is the session for you. We will explore
topics such as when and where to start the search for free money and what kinds of
scholarships are available, and how to apply for them. This session will also provide
parents with enough information so they can have the resources to develop strategies to
help pay for a college education beyond the funds that may be distributed from Federal
and State Financial Aid Resources.
dennis.robinson@jefferson.kyschools.us
Room 206 – How do you choose? finances/in state/out of
state/dorm/commute Amy Medley, Manual Guidance Counselor
This session will offer suggestions about how to have an honest, positive and productive
conversation with a student about realistic expectations regarding college admission.
Topics will include the following: in state vs. out of state, family finance, and choosing a
school for the right reasons.
amy.medley@jefferson.kyschools.us
Room 220– The College Admissions Exams -ACT vs SAT Patty Weigel,
owner of Educational Resources and
Marti Johnston, Manual Guidance Counselor
marti.johnston@jefferson.kyschools.us
ertutor@gmail.com
How do I choose between the ACT and the SAT? How do I prepare? How do I earn
points and lose points? Introduction to ACT Prep the newest benefit for Manual students.
This session will offer a walk-through of the TCA Prep Program, an online test study
guide for the ACT. It is extremely simple to use; and creators state that in as little as 10
hours of preparation time, students should see improvement in their ACT scores. This
program was recently purchased by Manual and is available to all students at no charge.