Ready Set Go
AUDITED ON NOV 25TH
AUDIT
Event Chair: Corey and Nick, RR
Audit Coordinator: Divya Ramamoorthy
Program Descriptions
PRIMARY
PURPOSE
PROGRAM
INTERSECTION
WITH SENATE
MISSION
STATEMENT
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College readiness workshop aimed at local HS students to give them more info about the transition
about HS to college/ general college information
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Community outreach event.
Academic focus on college and higher education.
Program Details
ATTENDEES
BUDGET
BENEFICIARIES
COSPONSORSHIP
PAST CHAIR/
COMMITTEE
OTHER
DETAILS
100 students
$900
$410: Booklets
Pizza, Coffee, Food
High School students
Donations: pluckers wings, PF Changs lettuce wraps, Panera Bread, Magnolia’s Giftcards/Cheesecake
Factory Giftcards, Dominos (10 pizza donated)
Alice Liu, Maddie Rodriquez
N/A
Audit included interviews with event coordinators, surveys of student participants, and committee feedback.
Discussion with Event Coordinators
Improvements:
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Make the event information less UT-specific
Have briefer presentations
Improve the timing of the events
o Longer admissions section
o Longer lunch so more engagement between family heads and students
o Stay on schedule, keep speakers on schedule
Have a panel providing information about the different majors for next year
Budget appropriately
o Pay extra attention to little details, like purchasing bandanas.
Successes:
 Really good Mock lecture with Larry Speck (Architecture and Society) – Keep him!
 Food was a hit: try to get as many donations as possible: Pluckers/PF Changs
 Family heads really good.
Summary of RSG Pros/Cons
PROS
CONS
Collab, Get closer between Senate folks
Student Panel - list of ?s
Learn to lead
More collab
Donations
Diversity in HSs - Outreach
Organized/Engaging
Too early
Mock Lecture w/ Speck
Awkward survey passing out
Good ?s at lunch - Longer(?)
Only FH had ?s
Parent Involvement
Off schedule
Clarity on topics from FH
UT Specific
Major/Interests Groups
Brief speakers so not off topic
Separating Parents and Students
Need family ice breakers, bonding
Excited about event (?)
Intro boring
Unorganized groups
Actual ?s
What are three positives you felt about RSG?
What are three negatives you felt about RSG?
1. One thing that I think we could have improved about RSG is the
student panel. I think if we gave the speakers a list of questions
to cover, that would have helped our attendees obtain some indepth information about college. Some people may not feel
comfortable asking questions in public, so to write up a few
questions and send them up to the panel -- per family head -- I thin
that would have helped a lot of students.
2. Collaboration. Even though I listed collaboration as a positive, I
know a few students wanted to talk to other family heads about
certain things, such as college choices, application building, and
so forth. For example, the Blue Team and Green Team
collaborated with each other when it came to finding an eating
location and during our small talk one of the girls in my family
2. The learning experience that came along with RSG wanted to talk to Jordee about a few things. I think it had to do with
was also a great experience. Being under the tutelage the "major + college" connection and being from the same type of
of Senate co-chairs and other Senate leaders gave
background, but what Jordee said in her introduction inspired the
me a sharper perspective on what it takes to lead
girl in my family to ask Jordee questions that, in many ways, dealt
and organize large events for the community. I took specifically to Jordee. As a result, I think mixing it up might help
away a lot just by seeing and processing how things out a lot of students.
were done.
3. I think one of the upsets of RSG was the non-collaborative
3. RSG definitely allowed R&R members to get
nature of some high schools. One thing that I noticed was that a
closer. This was a great experience to get closer to
majority of the students who showed up to our event came from
my fellow R&R members. It changed my perception
Cedar Ridge if not Bowie. I think by physically going to high
towards everyone I got to work with. Overall, there
school, during the weekend or whatever, and leaving an RSG
were a lot of positive things that came out of RSG!
booklet at the counselor's office can get things moving. What I
1. One of the three positives of RSG was the
collaborative atmosphere. Having other committee
members help out RSG was a great experience. It
allowed me to learn from them and, in many ways,
helped me bolster the RSG experience for others.
mean is, I think we could attack our tasks from all angles. I
mentioned the Facebook idea of how we, as committee members,
could join our assigned schools and post RSG info onto their page;
as a result, methods of outreach could be worked on! :D
1) Good kids, good turnout
2) Great speakers
3) SO MANY DONATIONS
1) It was too early (should try to start a little later so students won't
be too sleepy)
2) Survey's were handed out in an awkward location and an
awkward time
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) ONLY FAMILY HEADS ASKED
QUESTIONS AT STUDENT PANEL
1. Super organized! I had an idea of what was going
on the whole time.
2. Speakers were engaging and all of them were on
time and prepared.
3. Enough food and supplies for the whole event.
1. The event ran later than planned - not too bad though.
2. The building was a little hard to find.
3. Building did not have enough space for the families to stay
within the building for lunch.
1. Having a family head was a really good idea! I think
the high schoolers enjoyed it
2. The student panel was fun even if we asked all
the questions!
3. The mock lecture was my favorite part for sure.
1, We got a little off schedule time wise.
2. We said we weren't making it UT specific but I think it ended up
being quite UT specific (not that much of a bad thing though!)
3. I think we should have talked to the admissions lady before
and briefed her before hand so she did not cover what Dean
Iverson already said before.
Great experience in helping the community
students.
Well organized.
Good info learned.
Would like better turn out, speakers a bit off topic, otherwise good
event
1) Well-organized
2) Students asked good questions, especially at
lunch
3) Parents were involved in the discussions
1) It was very UT-specific.
2) Some of the students were not involved and didn't show any
interest.
3) No ice-breakers, no family bonding, not enough time to get
to know the students
1. I could tell that getting feedback directly from
university students greatly benefitted the students that
attended the workshop. Hearing first-hand accounts
of specific parts of college gave them more clarity on
topics they were confused about.
1. During lunch, several of my kids told me that they found the
introductory/informational presentations quite boring since
2. Dividing groups by my majors/interests gave
most of that stuff was directed towards the parents. A lot of Dean
the students in each colour a common bond and
Iverson's powerpoint was about why people should apply to the
University of Texas, but this workshop was supposed to be
helped facilitate conversations.
about applying to all universities - not just UT.
3. I thought that separating parents and students
2. I felt that some groups (including my own) were kind of
was a good idea. That way, each party was able to
receive more information specifically geared towards unorganised. When students were released for lunch, it got
that age group.
crowded and harder to keep track of all the students.
4. And another because he was just that good - I
really thought that Professor Speck's lecture was
extremely interesting for both the students and
volunteers. The topic was interesting and relatable.
3. I felt that lunch should have been slightly longer, since it
provided a good time for students to ask their family heads
questions. We ran out of time for questions because lunch was
over.
All the kids I talked to seemed actually excited to
be there and came prepared with questions
One of my kids asked for my email to stay in contact
with any questions
The lecture was perfect for the group and was a
perfect example of what to expect at UT
The speakers were definitely very UT specific
The speakers repeatedly went over their time limit, putting us
behind
Only 3 out of 13 of my kids came :(
PROS
CONS
Collab, Get closer between Senate folks
Student Panel - list of ?s
Learn to lead
More collab
Donations
Diversity in HSs - Outreach
Organized/Engaging
Too early
Mock Lecture w/ Speck
Awkward survey passing out
Good ?s at lunch - Longer(?)
Only FH had ?s
Parent Involvement
Off schedule
Clarity on topics from FH
UT Specific
Major/Interests Groups
Brief speakers so not off topic
Separating Parents and Students
Need family ice breakers, bonding
Excited about event (?)
Intro boring
Unorganized groups