College Night for learning-disabled students

College Night at REACH for Learning
Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 P.M.
1221 Marin Ave., Albany

Reach for Learning will host a College Night on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7.30 p.m. This is an opportunity for students, parents and counselors to hear about Learning Disability programs and services available to the college-age student with learning disabilities. The panel will include representatives from the University of California, California State and Community College systems, and private colleges.

For further information, please call (510) 524-6455.

College info/outreach events: college fair tonight

College Fair at Serramonte Mall in Daly City
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 5-7:30 p.m.
Representatives will be on hand from UC and CSU schools, community colleges, private colleges and out-of-state colleges.

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University of San Francisco: Open houses on Saturday, Nov. 10, and Saturday, Nov. 17. Info: www.usfca.edu/visit or 415/422-6563.

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School of the Art Institute of Chicago: College Information Session for prospective students. Sunday, Nov. 11, noon-3 p.m. Serrano Hotel, Vienna Room, 405 Taylor St., San Francisco. Registration required at www.saic.edu/ugadmiss_events or 800-232-7242.

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Cal Maritime (Vallejo): Preview Day Saturday, Nov. 10, 9 a.m. Click here to RSVP.
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California State University Dominguez Hills: Open House Saturday, Nov. 17. Registration starts at 9 a.m. in the gym. Interested students can bring official transcripts and test scores to be evaluated. Lunch is provided. (CSU Dominguez Hills is in the city of Carson, in the southern part of Los Angeles.)

Good advice from college columnist

Two good "College Bound" columns by college advisor Joanne Levy-Prewitt in the San Francisco Chronicle:

College essays:
Oct. 21, 2007

When applying to college, it pays to sweat the small stuff.

Most colleges require that applicants write a long essay or write an open-ended personal statement revealing unique experiences or characteristics.

But many also request short essays asking applicants to tell more about why they are applying, or about favorite activities that might not be obvious on the general application.

So while it may be tempting to shut down the word processor after the long essays are finished, remember that short essays are a crucial piece of the college application and should not be taken lightly.

Read the rest

College students look back on their admission decisions
Oct. 28, 2007

The most satisfying aspect of my job is learning from former students that they are happy in college. I enjoy hearing about their college experiences, and it's especially wonderful to witness the personal growth that happens between high school and college.

However, the most fascinating information comes when I ask if they have any reflections about the admissions process.

Some students agonized over which college to attend, so I often ask if they have regrets about their chosen path.

Read the rest.

More useful resources for the college-bound

1. Here's a website with an awesome goal: guiding students from families without college knowledge who are working the process themselves: First in the Family. It looks both admirable and also like a useful resource for anyone looking for basic information.


2. At yesterday's Performing and Visual Arts College Fair I picked up a flyer from the fair's sponsor (NACAC, the National Association for College Admission Counseling): Countdown to College. It's a helpful basic guide too. The financial-aid information seemed especially useful, so I found the flyer online and am pasting that part here. Note this extremely useful website especially, calculating your family's eligibility for federal student aid.
   
   (The online version is in the actual form of the flyer, meaning some of it is upside down, designed to print out on 11x17 paper.)
   
   From the NACAC flyer Countdown to College:
   

   COA - EFC = Student Need
   [That's "cost of attendance" minus "expected family contribution."]
   
   No dollar amount will generate the same Expected Family Contribution because of several factors:
   

   • Age of parents/guardians
   • Size of family
   • Personal assets
   • Medical expenses
   • Healthcare for aging parents

   Whether or not you can save, make sure your teen succeeds in school. Colleges and universities often reward good grades with both need- and merit-based aid. It is also important that students apply on time and complete forms correctly in order to receive the best financial aid package.
   
   Three important forms
   

   • Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
     This form, required by all schools, should be mailed no later than February 1
     
   • College Scholarship Service Profile (CSS Profile)
     This form, required by some schools, should be mailed no later than February 1
     
   • Institutional Forms
     These are financial aid forms specific to individual colleges. Deadline dates will vary.

   
   By completing the FAFSA students may qualify for the following:

   • Pell Grants––do not have to be repaid
   • Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG) — do not have to be repaid
   • Perkins Loan (for students)––must be repaid
   • Stafford Loan (for students)––must be repaid
   • Plus Loan (for parents)––must be repaid
   • Work Study––students work for pay (on-campus jobs
     are specifically set aside for this program)
   • Institutional Aid––money from the college, does not have to be repaid

   
   To get an early start on the financial aid process, try the FAFSA4caster at www.fafsa4caster.ed.gov. It will give you an early estimate of eligibility for federal student aid.

3. The San Francisco Mayor's Department of Children, Youth and Their Families (DCYF) has created (and is still building) an all-purpose resource, www.sfkids.org. It already has useful information posted about college application (click Education, then Beyond High School). I'm starting to contribute content to that page and others. I compiled a couple of items that I think are pretty useful, if I do say so myself: A brief description of the first five things you should do to start the college admissions process, and a timeline broken out by high school year (that's not unique, needless to say; I tried to do a condensed version of the essentials). I'll post links to those items as soon as they're posted on www.sfkids.org.

The place to start for financial aid

I knew I had to find a really good "this is the place to start" resource in this scary area, so I asked a few people. Everyone said the same thing:

www.finaid.org

The other key piece of advice I've gotten is: Don't assume you don't qualify for financial aid or scholarships. Unless you are so wealthy you don't even have to ask about it, you qualify for something.

How the other half applies to college

I was searching online for some information and came up with the college application timeline for Deerfield Academy, the elite boarding school in Western Massachusetts. Just this line caught my eye:

After a couple of meetings, your college advisor will provide you with a college list to guide your search.

The "couple of meetings," the personal advisor and the personalized list are unfortunately outside reality for our urban public high-schoolers. That's what parents pay the big tuition bucks for.

For the other side of the coin, a helpful source sent me some resources for students who will be the first in their family to attend college. I'll post them asap.

College and Vocational Career Fair TOMORROW

College and Vocational Career Fair

Kensington Park Hotel 450 Post Street, 3rd floor October 23rd, 4-6 PM

The fair is designed to educate and provide resources for young adults seeking vocation and educational opportunities to successfully enter the workforce. Local community based organizations, local/state public & private universities & colleges, and local pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship, and vocational training programs will be tabling and presenting, as will agencies that provide supportive services and resources.

Get access to supportive services for college and vocational training
programs

Find out how to enroll in college and/or how to get trained for the
career or job you want.

Enjoy free food and great prizes!

San Francisco Youth Employment Coalition

Oh no, UCLA!

If I blog about how boring UCLA's video promoting its arts schools is — and how ironic that is considering its showplace film school — will that kill my kids' chances of ever getting into UCLA?

Uh-oh.

Adding to the college event calendar

University of the Pacific (Stockton): Pacific Preview Days Saturday, Oct. 27, and Saturday, Nov. 10, both days 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Click here for more information and to register.

College wisdom quote of the day

"Here’s a little secret about college: It doesn’t really matter where you go. At least, that’s the conclusion I’ve reached after graduating from an Ivy League university. What matters is what you do after college. That’s what I’ve witnessed: countless people who attended unheralded colleges, then achieved greatness through talent, doggedness and the ability to endure failure."

— Alec Klein, Washington Post reporter and author of “A Class Apart: Prodigies, Pressure and Passion Inside One of America’s Best High Schools,” about Stuyvesant High in Manhattan

Updated list: college info-outreach events

UCLA Arts Bay Area information nights: Thursday, Oct. 18, 7-8:30 p.m., Embassy Suites Hotel, Santa Clara (2885 Lakeside Drive).
Friday, Oct. 19, 7-8:30 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, Emeryville (1800 Powell St.).
RSVP: rcrtasst@arts.ucla.edu or 310/825-8991.

These sessions cover UCLA's School of the Arts and Architecture (Architecture and Urban Design, Art, Design/Media Arts, Ethnomusicology, Music, World Arts & Cultures) and School of Theater, Film, and Television (Film, Television and Digital Media; Theater)

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University of San Francisco: Open houses on the following Saturdays: Oct. 20, Nov. 10 and Nov. 17. Info: www.usfca.edu/visit or 415/422-6563.

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Tulane University (New Orleans): Monday, Oct. 22, 7 p.m., San Francisco Hilton, 333 O'Farrell St.. Also Thursday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m., Oakland Marriott City Center, 1001 Broadway, Oakland. Click here to RSVP. (Note: Tulane has publicized the San Francisco event, but it's not shown on their website's list of outreach events for some reason.)

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University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, Wash.): Representatives will be in Northern California through Oct. 27. To schedule an interview: 800/396-7191.

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California State University, Chico Preview Day: Saturday, Oct. 27. Click here or call 800/542-4426 for more information

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FALL 2007 VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGE FAIR
Saturday, Oct. 27, 4-6 p.m.
Nob Hill Masonic Center Exhibit Hall, 1111 California St., San Francisco

(This touring event is presented by the National Association for College Admission Counseling — NACAC, pronounced Naackaack. This mysterious organization is a big force in the lives of high-schoolers and their families, even if we don't know it.)

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New York University, Sunday, Oct. 28, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Crowne Plaza Union Square, 480 Sutter St., San Francisco. Click here and then click on the session you prefer to RSVP.

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College Fair at Serramonte Mall in Daly City
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 5-7:30 p.m.
Representatives will be on hand from UC and CSU schools, community colleges, private colleges and out-of-state colleges.

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Cal Maritime (Vallejo): Preview Day Saturday, Nov. 10, 9 a.m. Click here to RSVP.
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Thanks to Gordon Chalmers at San Francisco School of the Arts for this information.

The all-important car window sticker

In certain circles, the car window sticker for the big-name college or university is essential for keeping the family up the status meter. I thought of that this morning when I saw a Mercedes SUV at the Y with stickers for Princeton and Williams, or was it Dartmouth and Williams &mdash (dang, seen one lofty Ivy, you've seen 'em all)?

For some reason, a volunteer task I've always taken on at my kids' public schools is merchandising, selling the school logo T-shirts and similar items. For a few years when my kids were at SFUSD's Lakeshore Elementary, we gave out license-plate frames promoting Lakeshore as a reward for joining the Lakeshore PTA. I view that as marketing for an underappreciated product, public schools. That's a seriously radical populist statement in some circles.

Now my older child attends San Francisco School of the Arts (SOTA) , a sought-after SFUSD high school that requires an audition to get in. So I guess the SOTA sticker on my Dodge Caravan is sort of in a gray area — marketing or boasting?

I'm surprised that there's not more of a market for witty parodies of those prestigious window stickers. It seems like a wide-open irony opportunity.

The product-placement admission strategy

I got inspired to start researching and sharing information on college admissions after doing a lot of reading about a culture that looks pretty unsavory — a world where applicants are branded and marketed like commodities.

I don't think the applicants immersed in that culture are the target market for this blog, so I considered ignoring it completely. But this Business Week article gives a quick look at that world, and it's pretty riveting. This consultant's name came up early on in my research, and she is indeed highly controversial.

Luckily, it sounds to me like normal, healthy kids and families can do just fine without engaging in marketplace strategies. You have to wonder about the colleges that admit applicants who have paid big bucks to re-image and product-position themselves. Too bad that can't be factored into some ranking or other.

Business Week Oct. 22, 2007
IN DEPTH
By Susan Berfield and Anne Tergesen

I Can Get Your Kid into an Ivy
Michele Hernandez boasts that 95% of her teenage clients are accepted by their first-choice school. Her price: As much as $40,000 a student

As I listened to my 8th period English teacher drone on for the third time about how Finny, a character in A Separate Peace, was indeed the main character although he was not the narrator, it finally dawned on me that this was not the exciting world of high school that I had hoped for.

This is how Andrew Garza began an essay in his application to Haverford College. It was a 1,200-word piece that established him as an intellectually curious young man. It was crafted to appeal specifically to the admissions officers at the small liberal arts school. And it was the idea of his high-priced college admissions coach, Michele A. Hernandez. Garza attended a private school in Switzerland, and that worried Hernandez: She thought he might appear to be a privileged teenager without much substance. So she advised him to write about why he had left his public high school in suburban New Jersey. "We had to make it seem like he didn't want to be around so many rich kids. We spun a whole story about him taking the initiative to leave in order to broaden his experience," Hernandez says. "It was his initiative. But he wouldn't have written about it."

Today Andrew is a senior at Haverford, studying sociology and economics. His father, John, paid Hernandez $18,000 for 18 months' worth of advice. "It is a lot of money," says Garza, a manager at Abitibi-Consolidated (ABY ) in New York. "But if you look at it as an investment, it's not a bad one."

A DIVISIVE FIGURE

Hernandez may well be the most expensive college coach in America, charging as much as $40,000 to get a student into an elite college. As one of this fast-growing industry's most visible practitioners, she uses methods that are publicly scorned by rivals but are nonetheless becoming part of the profession's standard operating procedures. She is a divisive figure in an already controversial field, regularly drawing condemnation from admissions officers who say she is selling advantage to people who least need it.

If the notoriety sometimes bothers her, Hernandez is not about to let on. To her critics, she says: "I'd be an idiot to charge half of what I can. Parents can always hire a lesser person." That might sound arrogant, but she is clearly proud of turning her one-woman operation, Hernandez College Consulting, into what amounts to a luxury brand. Her clients, mostly people of some means and great ambition, rave about the personal service: the regular phone calls to their kids (you have to go above and beyond); the academic help (read the book Poetic Meter and Poetic Form); the "brand" positioning (classics would be a great angle); the advice about which colleges to consider and where not to bother; the hours she devotes to each application.
Read the rest of the article

The Ivy League

Disclaimer: A college admissions expert I interviewed today (more about this later) agreed strongly when I asked if it wouldn't be crazy for a Californian not to consider the Univerity of California and California State University systems first off.

But that said: The Ivy League is one of those household names that everyone is clearly supposed to know, so any of us who didn't really know what that was all about might not necessarily speak up to ask.

Here's Wikipedia's definition, which in this case seems pretty safe:

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education located in the Northeastern United States. The term is now most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group. The term has connotations of academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and a reputation for social elitism.

The Ivy League schools:
Brown University, Providence, R.I.
Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
Yale University, New Haven, Conn.

Note: Even though the University of California is public, the University of Pennsylvania is private. And it's not to be confused with Penn State, which is "state-related."

Smarmy U

I'm all for meaningful etiquette, and that includes thank-you notes. But thank-you notes for college tours seem a bit lacking in sincerity. Imagine a college filled with the most avid suck-ups.

New York Times
October 9, 2007
Thank-You Note Enters College Admission Game
By KAREN W. ARENSON

Call it a testament to how carefully students court college admissions offices these days: Thank-you notes have become the new frontier.

Take the one that came with M & Ms to match Lehigh University’s school colors of brown and white, and with the applicant’s name inscribed on the candy. She thanked officials for her interview, adding, “Keep me on the tip of your tongue when reviewing applications.”

Some students buy college stationery for their notes as if to signal they already belong on campus. The flying pigs that adorned a thank-you to Guilford College in North Carolina were certainly eye-catching, as was the smiley face at the end of the note.

Read the rest of the story...

New social network for college applicants

College Bound: The San Francisco Chronicle's weekly college admissions outlook by insider Joanne Levy-Prewitt

Oct. 7, 2007 A new social-networking site just for college applicants

Several weeks ago, I wrote about the pros and cons of social networking Web sites. Rare is the high school student who isn't using one to chat with friends, make new acquaintances or express himself creatively by uploading music or photos.

The downside of some of these sites is that college representatives might learn about an applicant's inappropriate behavior by viewing photos or other postings that could negatively affect their admission decisions.

Here is a new networking Web site that high school students should check out and bookmark: Admish.com.

It connects college-bound students, admission officers, high school counselors, parents and teachers.

Read the rest

Classes to take to get into UC

This should really be the first post you read, if you're a newcomer to the world of college admissions.

The high-school classes required for getting into University of California schools are known as the "A-G requirements." They're viewed as the basic standard for what to take in high school.

U.S. News defends controversial college rankings

What High School Students Really Think of the Rankings
Robert Morse Oct. 2, 2007

U.S. News and our chief critic, Lloyd Thacker of the Education Conservancy, apparently now agree on at least one thing that is very important: The U.S. News college rankings aren't what high school students are focusing on or worried about when they are going through the college application process.

Thacker did not mention U.S. News once at his session "College Admissions: What Are Students Learning?" on September 29 at the 2007 annual meeting of the National Association for College Admission Counseling. Instead, he spoke about "how the selective admissions experience is shaping students' attitudes and behaviors" based on the results of a research project conducted by the Education Conservancy. The organization conducted eight focus groups at high schools in Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco, and Chicago (half public and half private high schools) to learn about the views of high-achieving students toward the college admission process.
(click to continue reading)

College events you need to know about

TOMORROW (and you're past the RSVP deadline) — Sunday, Oct. 7

Sarah Lawrence College and Reed College together: Sunday, Oct. 7, 1-3 p.m., Jewish Community High School of the Bay, 1835 Ellis St., San Francisco. Enter the parking lot at 1227 Pierce St. and then press the garage intercom button and say "I am attending the college presentation." RSVP to 800/547-4750 by Oct. 5.
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CSU East Bay Open House Saturday, Oct. 13, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Register by calling 510/ 885-2556 or go to www.csueastbay.edu/openhouse
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UC Santa Cruz Preview Day Saturday, Oct. 13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Click here for details.
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Lewis & Clark College information session:
Sunday, Oct. 14, 3-4:30 p.m., in Atherton: Menlo School, 50 Valparaiso Ave.
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Emory University, University of North Carolina and the University of Virginia all at one event: Monday, Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m., in San Mateo at the San Mateo Marriott/San Francisco Airport, 1770 S. Amphlett Blvd.
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UCLA Arts Bay Area information nights: Thursday, Oct. 18, 7-8:30 p.m., Embassy Suites Hotel, Santa Clara (2885 Lakeside Drive).
Friday, Oct. 19, 7-8:30 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, Emeryville (1800 Powell St.).
RSVP: rcrtasst@arts.ucla.edu or 310/825-8991.

These sessions cover UCLA's School of the Arts and Architecture (Architecture and Urban Design, Art, Design/Media Arts, Ethnomusicology, Music, World Arts & Cultures) and School of Theater, Film, and Television (Film, Television and Digital Media; Theater)
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University of San Francisco: Open houses on the following Saturdays: Oct. 20, Nov. 10 and Nov. 17. Info: www.usfca.edu/visit or 415/422-6563.
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University of Puget Sound representatives will be in Northern California through Oct. 27. To schedule an interview: 800/396-7191.

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Chico State Preview Day Saturday, Oct. 27. Click here or call 800/542-4426 for more information
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FALL 2007 VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGE FAIR
Saturday, Oct. 27, 4-6 p.m.
Nob Hill Masonic Center Exhibit Hall, 1111 California St., San Francisco

(This touring event is presented by the National Association for College Admission Counseling — NACAC, pronounced Naackaack. This mysterious organization is a big force in the lives of high-schoolers and their families, even if we don't know it.)
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College Fair at Serramonte
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 5-7:30 p.m.
Representatives will be on hand from UC and CSU schools, community colleges, private colleges and out-of-state colleges.
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Test Dates

Oct. 11 – late registration deadline for the Nov. 3 SAT


Thanks to Gordon Chalmers at San Francisco School of the Arts for this information.

All that jazz &mdash UC/CSU majors

As the mom of a high school junior, I'm blogging as our family gets going on the process ourselves. My son, an avid jazz trumpeter studying at San Francisco School of the Arts, is interested in a jazz major. That translates into a happy, engaged college student and possibly a teaching career, even if future superstardom is a bit remote.

We're not entirely ruling out pricey private colleges requiring massive legwork on scholarships and financial aid (stone buildings surrounding emerald quads humming with eager young intellect, charming yet vibrant towns lined with bookshops and earthy coffeehouses). But the smartest consumer move for a Californian is to focus first and foremost on the UC/CSU systems. So my husband asked me today if I know which UC/CSUs even have jazz majors. I knew some, but had not thoroughly researched the list.

So now I've gone hunting on the CSU website. Here is the feature where you input the major and get a list of the schools that offer it.

I've checked out a couple of other online features like this, as well as actual books with pages and covers. So far, I've found that they're incomplete. Let's input "jazz" into this feature, click and see what we find:

Ethnomusicology - Jazz Studies B.A. (UCLA)
Music (performance-oriented) B.Mus. - Jazz Instrumental (UCI)
Music B.A. Concentration in Jazz Music Studies (CSUMB)
Music B.A. Concentration in Jazz Studies (SSU)
Music B.A., (Concentration in Jazz Studies) (SJSU)
Music B.M. Concentration in Jazz (CSUS)
Music B.M. Concentration in Jazz Studies (CSUSTAN)
Music B.M. Concentration Jazz and Commercial Music (CSUFULL)
Music B.M. with Option in Jazz Studies (CSULA)

Something's missing — the school that has most interested my son so far, CSU Northridge. Its highly regarded jazz program has had two trumpet teachers whom he admired as performers before he had any idea he could conceivably study with them one day.

Here's a description from the CSU Northridge website:

The BACHELOR OF MUSIC degree is intended for students planning careers as performers, conductors, composers & arrangers, and university teachers. Areas of emphasis include Orchestral Strings, Classical Guitar, Winds, Percussion, Keyboard (piano and organ), Vocal Arts, Composition, Commercial and Media Writing, and Jazz Studies. Entrance auditions are required for all BM options.

The lesson here is to do the research in both directions, college by college, and don't rely on the shortcuts. We can't expect this to be too easy.

Don't miss these college info events

Newly listed college information events: Reed, Sarah Lawrence, USF and a general college fair. For a complete list, see the Taming the College Beast calendar.

Sarah Lawrence College and Reed College together: Sunday, Oct. 7, 1-3 p.m., Jewish Community High School of the Bay, 1835 Ellis St., San Francisco. Enter the parking lot at 1227 Pierce St. and then press the garage intercom button and say "I am attending the college presentation." RSVP to 800/547-4750 by Oct. 5.

University of San Francisco: Open houses on the following Saturdays: Oct. 20, Nov. 10 and Nov. 17. Info: www.usfca.edu/visit or 415/422-6563.

College Fair at Serramonte
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 5-7:30 p.m.
Representatives will be on hand from UC and CSU schools, community colleges, private colleges and out-of-state colleges.

ECOS: Online college tool for applicants

(Thanks to Gordon Chalmers, college counselor, San Francisco School of the Arts)

From the Princeton Review:


EDUCATION AND CAREER OPERATING SYSTEM (ECOS)

A FREE INTERNET SYSTEM IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR ALL STUDENTS TO:
— Select colleges
— Apply to colleges online
— Generate letters and e-mail to colleges you have saved in your locker
— Be recruited by colleges
— Develop a strategy for getting into college
— Match yourself to a college major that meets your interests & preferences
— Receive e-mail messages from your counselor
— Send e-mail to your counselor
— Find scholarships
— Generate e-mails and letters to scholarship organizations
— Learn which careers match your interests
— Generate a resume using information submitted in your profile
— Compute your family’s estimated contribution for college
— Receive bulletin information regarding college

To access this system is easy. Just follow these steps:
Step 1: Open the browser on your computer
Step 2: Type in the location ecos.princetonreview.com
Step 3: Click Student and then Create a New Account
Step 4: Enter Member Code – 072251468
Step 5: Input all information and then click Submit Account Set-Up
(might want to use a nickname or e-mail address for your “User ID” and your birthdate for your “password”)
Step 6: Place ECOS under your “favorites” or bookmark it.

To use ECOS after you have established an account:
Step 1: Click on ECOS under your “favorites” or type in ecos.princetonreview.com
Step 2: Click on “student”
Step 3: Type in your “User ID” and your “password”, and then click “Login”
Step 4: When finished using ECOS, click on “Log out”
Complete the “Profile” under the module “Portfolio” before using ECOS to research colleges, careers, majors and financial aid.

Please contact your counselor if you encounter any problems with ECOS or have any questions.