College Planning Syllabus  

Unless otherwise noted, course meets on Mondays during fall semester 2016, 2:06 - 2:40 p.m.

Textbook for the course:  College Admission from application to acceptance, step by step  by Robin Mamlet and Christine Vandevelde
a copy of this textbook will be given to each high school junior to keep - so no need to buy yourself a book!

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September 2018

Monday Sept 12th & 19th  
Introductions/student profiles
Review of course syllabus   
Alphabet soup - What's what in the world of colleges and degrees 

Decisions, decisions: College choice criteria - 3 steps of decision making process - an intro to majors and careers. What school is right for you -   Big university? Small college? or?    Getting started on making lists. Decision plans.
textbook: read pages 3 - 81; 109-136 


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Monday Sept 26th
Understanding Financial Aid-
​a MUST for every high school student!! Parents are welcome to attend!   textbook: read pages 267 - 301​
Presenter: Jennifer Knight, Associate Director of Financial Aid,  Linfield College



           October 2016

Monday Oct 3rd 



Friday October 7th
Visit to University of Oregon 
Lv. SJS at 8:05, Return about 4:00
all sophomores, juniors and seniors are invited

Monday Oct 10th
Writing Admissions Essays 
textbook:  read pages 202 - 223​ 

Monday Oct 17th - 
More on writing admissions essays
Essays due by Friday Nov 18th.
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Sunday 23rd, 1:00 - 5:00
Portland Nat'l College Fair - 
Please click this link for more information on our trip to the college fair!

Monday October  24th -

Monday Oct 31st
The Application Process
textbook:  read pages 224 - 243

November 2018

Monday Nov 7th - 
                        

Monday Nov 14th
College Majors - Majors, minors, double majors?What do they mean and how to get one.


Friday Nov 18th - essays due!!
Please email the essays as an attachment to:
ballardsensei@sheridanjapaneseschool.com
Please do NOT send these essays as a sharing document on google!!


Monday Nov 21st
"What recruiters look for in new college grads!" A recruiter and a career center director will talk about majors, careers,and professional skills - how you can do a lot more with whatever college major you choose than you probably realize and how to 'get experience' while you're in college.
Guest speakers:
Tim Harris, Country Companies - OR Dist Dir of Agencies 
Michael Hampton, Dir of Career Svcs - Linfield College                  

Monday Nov 28th
   
       
​December 2016


Monday Dec 5th 
Review of admissions essays!
Presenter:  Sarah Neal, Admissions, Atkinson School of Management MBA program, Willamette University
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Mon Dec 12th  

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Monday Dec 19th   

January 2018

Thursday January 5th
From the pros!! A panel of current college students talk about being in college, how they decided on their colleges, their majors, and what they are doing to prepare for careers. 
Guest speakers: 



Monday Jauary 9th 



Monday January 16th



​Monday January 23rd