What is Career Cruising??? Career Cruising is a web site that allows students to get information on Colleges and Careers. Students can also do interest inventories and other interactive tasks to help them narrow down their choice of college, major, or career. Get the MHS specificusername and password from the CCRC or your counselor.
Parents and Students; Make sure you click on this 'LINK' for a convenient high school course work guide for various levels of college admissions categories. It's never too early to start planning your courses.
CCRC ANNOUNCEMENTS!!!
*The CCRC is open at 8:15am
on late start days.*
The CCRC would like to thank the Mundelein Alumni
for making the Senior Talk Back session a great success!
Tyler Kennedy, Justin Kennedy and Courtney Wilhelm.
***This year's Financial Aid Night will be held on January 14 at 7:00pm in the Mundelein Auditorium. Mr. Eric Weems, Financial Aid Officer at Loyola University, will be answering questions. All parents and students are welcome to attend.
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROGRAMS
***Winona State Universityis offering a renewable Resident Tuition Scholarship, valuing $4600, to non-resident, non-reciprocity students in the top 15% of graduating class or ACT 25.
***Eastern Michigan University is offering in-state tuition to Illinois students who have an ACT score of 20 and a GPA of 3.0.
***Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia, is offering up to full tuition scholarships.
***Boston Universityis offering four-year, full-tuition, merit scholarships. Stop by the CCRC for more information.
***New York University is offering The Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholars Program, which recognizes students who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, and who exemplify extraordinary leadership. If you wish to be nominated, see Mr. Shulman in the CCRC.
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Ferris State Universityannounces the Chicago Area Scholarship available to students entering Ferris State University for the first time that learn or live in Cook, DuPage, or Lake County, IL. The scholarship's value is equivalent to the difference between Midwest tuition and in-state tuition (up to 15 credit hours per semester) which currently values $4,500.
***Ohio State University is offering scholarships to all students, including minority scholarships for African-American, Native American and Hispanic students. Deadlines are December 1, 2008 and February 16, 2009. Stop by the CCRC for details.
***Kansas Stateoffers more than $10 million each year and you can apply to all K-State scholarships with one application! Go to consider.k-state.ecu/financialaid for more information.
Stop by the CCRC for out-of-state scholarships!
***Bowling Green State University is pleased to announce that it has significantly expanded scholarship opportunities for students entering fall 2009. The new University Freshman Academic Scholarships range from $1,500 up to full fees and are automatic and renewable.
There is a new tool, the University Freshman Academic Scholarship Calculator, to help you calculate the scholarship amount your students may qualify for at BGSU. To locate the University Freshman Academic Scholarship Calculator, please visit www.bgsu.edu
***Truman State Universityis offering renewable Freshman Automatic Scholarships to accepted applicants. Competitive Scholarships are also awarded. Stop by the CCRC for details.
***The University of Iowais offering the Halas-Sayers Scholarship to African-American, Latino/Hispanic, or Native American seniors in high school. Applications are in the CCRC.The deadline is February 13, 2009. Eligibilty includes:
ACT composite score of 25 (a combined SAT Critical Reading and Math Score of 1130) or above
Present a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale
demonstrate financial need by filing a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and submitting other required financial aid documents
declare a major in: applied physics,biochemistry,engineering (any type),geoscience, microbiology,science education, statistics, astronomy, biology,computer science, environmental sciences, mathematics,physics,speech and hearing science.
***The University of Northern Iowais offering twenty Presidential Scholarships a year to incoming first-year Honors Program students. $32,000 a year over four years is awarded. Eligibility into the Honors Program includes an ACT of 27 or higher and a top 10% class rank. Visit www.uni.edu/honorsfor more information. Application deadline is December 15, 2008 and must be submitted using the Online Common Scholarship Application.
***The University of Michigan is offering to minority students the equivalent of in-state tuition to cover four years of the Medical School or the number of years required to complete a graduate degree in the basic sciences graduate programs of the medical school. Also, the Hope College Pre-Medicine Scholarship is offering Pre-Med minority students full-tuition, room and board (renewable up to four years at Hope) and two 10 week periods of research in Hope's Natural Sciences Division. contact Stacey Salas in the Hope College Admissions (1-800-968-7850) or at www.hope.edu/admissions
***Hope College, in Holland, MI, is offering merit based awards ranging from $10,000 to $68,000 over four years. For more information, go towww.hope.edu
***The University of Wyomingoffers Peak Achievement Scholarships to non-resident students based on GPA and test scores. These scholarships provide $4,000 to $7,000 in annual support to qualified students. To be given full consideration for a Peak Achievement Scholarship, a student should apply for admissision to UW by March 1st.
***Illinois Wesleyan University School of Musicpresents The Third Annual Brass Weekend featuring Joey Tartell, January 17 and 18, 2009. Weekend events include: School of Music auditions, campus tours IWU brass faculty masterclasses, IWU brass ensembles recital, pizza party etc. To register, visit: www.lystarmusic.com/brassdaysatiwu.html
SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR STUDENTS!!
Kenyon College is sponsoring the 2009 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize, presented by the Kenyon Review! The winning poem and runnersup will be chosen by KR Poetry Editor, David Baker, and will be published in both the Kenyon Review and online on the College's website. The winner is also offered a full-scholarship to the 2009 Kenyon Review Young Writers program at Kenyon College, a residential 2 week summer program for aspiring writers. Each runner-up will receive a partial scholarship. To participate, each writer should visit the website www.kenyonreview.org
Top Ten Tips For Winning Scholarship Applications
Apply only if you are eligible. Read all the scholarship requirements and directions carefully. Make sure you are eligible before you send in your application.
Complete the application in full. If a question does not apply to you, note that on the application. Do not leave a question blank. Be sure to supply all additional supporting materials, including transcripts, letters of recommendation, and essays.
Follow directions. Provide everything that is required. However, do not supply things that are not requested—you could be disqualified.
Neatness counts. Always type your application, or if you must print, do so neatly and legibly. Make a couple of photocopies of all the forms before you fill them out. Use the copies as working drafts as you develop your application packet.
Write an essay that makes a strong impression. The key to writing a strong essay is to be personal and specific. Include concrete details to make your experience come alive: the who, what, where, and when of your topic. The simplest experience can be monumental if you honestly present how you were affected.
Watch all deadlines. To help keep yourself on track, impose your own deadline that is at least two weeks prior to the official deadline. Use the buffer time to make sure everything is ready on time. Do not rely on extensions—very few scholarship providers allow them at all.
Make sure your application gets where it needs to go. Put your name (and Social Security number, if applicable) on all pages of the application. Pieces of your application may get lost unless they are clearly identified.
Keep a back-up file in case anything goes wrong. Before sending the application, make a copy of the entire packet. If your application goes astray, you will be able to reproduce it quickly.
Give it a final “once-over.” Proofread the entire application carefully. Be on the lookout for misspelled words or grammatical errors. Ask a friend, teacher, or parent to proofread it as well.
Ask for help if you need it. If you have problems with the application, do not hesitate to contact the funding organization.
August-December
- College representatives will be visiting the College
and Career Center this entire fall. Be sure to check
the Visiting
College Representatives page, the display
case in the Main Lobby, and the announcements for a list colleges
that will be visiting.
Juniors - Start
your college search engines!
All students who are considering going on to college should
have their college planning in full swing. Procrastination
leads to poor decisions. Take advantage of your time in the
summer before your senior year to plan ahead!
DID
YOU KNOW:
-
M.I.T.
(the hardest college to get admitted to according to The
Princeton Review) admitted an '05 graduate of Mundelein
High School?
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85%
of Mundelein High School graduates attend 2-4 year colleges?
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58%
attend a 4 year college or university 29%
attend a 2 year college
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Recent graduates of MHS have attended these schools ?
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MHS
Students were admitted to all the Big Ten schools, Yale, Notre
Dame, Cal Poly Tech, Georgetown University, The U.S. Air Force
Academy, The U.S. Naval Academy, Case Western Reserve,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Vanderbilt, Davidson,
and Syracuse.
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This
is merely a small sampling of the many diverse schools
that MHS grads go on to attend.
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MHS
offers 21 different advanced placement classes?
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The
number of college bound, honors, and AP courses taken
by students can strongly affect admissions to highly
selective schools.
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A
challenging schedule during your Junior and Senior years
can be a determining factor in the admissions process?
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Minimum
requirements to graduate have gone down this year, but
students should take as many courses during their high
school experience as they possibly can.
Plan your visits to colleges now: Open house schedules
are available in the CCRC, in the daily announcements, or
by clicking here:--Open
House Schedule.
View
the Scholarship
Flash!
for an outline of the most current scholarships with their
deadlines.
What
are you doing this summer? Check out the new College
Summer Programs for a sampling of summer
programs that were available for 2004.
Questions
about NCAA eligibility?
For more information, contact NCAA Clearinghouse:
24-hour number-- (877) 861-3003
Customer service-- (877-262-1492
Student
Bulletin--Published every other
month, this bulletin has lots of helpful tips and the latest
college information. In the latest bulletin, the following
topics are addressed:
For
an archive of other bulletins, and for even more great college
information, you can click on this link: FastWeb
Info and Archives
College
Financial Aid Scams
Best advice - if it costs money to get money - stay away!
Numerous companies make direct marking contact with students
offering scholarship searches for a fee. Mundelein does
not allow for release of names and addresses for these
firms and we do not endorse any of these companies unless
they are NACAC approved.
Mr.
Tullo's College and Career Planning Calendar
DATE
TIME
EVENT
August 28, 2008
6:00 - 7:15 p.m.
MHS Open House- CCRC OPEN
August-December 2008
During School
College Representatives visit in
CCRC--located in the Media Center
August 20 , 2008
resource
Student Senior Planning-MHS Auditorium
September, 2008 (TBA)
7:00-9:00 p.m.
College Fair at Lake Forest Academy
September 4, 2008
7:00-9:00pm
Senior Parent College Planning Seminar - MHS Auditorium w/ special guest speaker
September 11 , 2008
8:30am- LATE START DAY
Selective College Planning Workshop
September 22, 2008
7:30-10:00p.m.
North Suburban Conference Athletic Planning Night at Stevenson High School
Niles North High School Choices fair. Program designed to illuminate post-secondary options for students with disabilities. click on this LINK for more info
October , 2008 (TBA)
morning
PSAE Make-up test
November 5, 2008
6:00-8:00pm
Lutheran General Hospital is hosting a Health and Careers Night at the Grainger Atrium and Yacktman Children's Pavilion
1775 Dempster St., Park Ridge, IL
November 26, 2008
9:00 a.m. (2nd Period)
Talk Back (Senior Assembly)
January 14, 2009 (TBA)
7:00-9:00 p.m.
College Financial Aid Night for
Parents w/ guest speaker, Eric Weems, Financial Aid Officer at Loyola University
January 31, 2009
1:00-4:00pm
New Trier High School Gap Year Fair for post-high school self-exploration and personal growth, leading to career direction and motivation for college students.
Start
your college search engines!
All students who are considering going on to college should
have their college planning in full swing. Procrastination
leads to poor decisions. Take advantage of your time in the
summer before your senior year to plan ahead!
for an outline of the most current scholarships with their
deadlines. 
Student
Bulletin--Published every other
month, this bulletin has lots of helpful tips and the latest
college information. In the latest bulletin, the following
topics are addressed:
