College Fair Tomorrow with Congressman Raul Grijalva!!!

College Fair with Raul Grijalva! September 21st from 10:00am to 3:00pm. Join Congressman Raul M. Grijalva in cooperation with colleges and universities from across the country to present students with post-secondary opportunities. Attending institutions will present select students with acceptance letters and scholarship awards. Location: El Pueblo Neighborhood Center 101 W. Irvington Tucson, Arizona. This event is free and open to the public. More info below:

Job Fair on Saturday with Congressman Raul Grijalva!

College Fair with Raul Grijalva! September 21st from 10:00am to 3:00pm. Join Congressman Raul M. Grijalva in cooperation with colleges and universities from across the country to present students with post-secondary opportunities. Attending institutions will present select students with acceptance letters and scholarship awards. Location: El Pueblo Neighborhood Center 101 W. Irvington Tucson, Arizona. This event is free and open to the public. More info below: 

Less than a month away: College Fair! - Sept. 21 with Raul Grijalva!

Less than a month away: College Fair with Raul Grijalva! September 21st from 10:00am to 3:00pm. Join Congressman Raul M. Grijalva in cooperation with colleges and universities from across the country to present students with post-secondary opportunities. Attending institutions will present select students with acceptance letters and scholarship awards. Location: El Pueblo Neighborhood Center 101 W. Irvington Tucson, Arizona. This event is free and open to the public. More info below:

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College Fair with Raul Grijalva!

College Fair with Raul Grijalva! September 21st from 10:00am to 3:00pm. Join Congressman Raul M. Grijalva in cooperation with colleges and universities from across the country to present students with post-secondary opportunities. Attending institutions will present select students with acceptance letters and scholarship awards. Location: El Pueblo Neighborhood Center 101 W. Irvington Tucson, Arizona. This event is free and open to the public. More info below:

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Colleges Where The Tuition Is Still Free!

Here is a list of colleges and universities where the tuition is free!

Alice Lloyd College, Pippa Passes, Ky.
Undergraduates:  598
Tuition: $4,460

The school covers tuition for students from 108 counties in central Appalachia. Students are expected to work 10 hours a week in campus jobs that include cutting grass, serving as lifeguards and staffing the on-campus day care. Students from outside the no-tuition zone can make up to $1,160 in campus jobs to offset their tuition bills.

Barclay College, Haviland, Ks.
Undergraduates: 198
Tuition: $11,000

Since 2007, this four-year bible college has offered free tuition to full-time students who pay to live in the dormitories. Known for its ministry degrees, it also offers degrees in education, business administration, and psychology and family studies.

Berea College, Berea, Ky.
Undergraduates: 1,661
Tuition: $22,100

Berea guarantees each student the equivalent of a four-year full-tuition scholarship. Students are required to work a minimum of 10 hours a week in campus jobs.

College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Mo.
Undergraduates: 1,377
Tuition $18,030

Students work 15 hours a week at one of 80 campus jobs, including milking cows, gardening and staffing the school’s hotel and restaurant. They are also expected to put in one 40-hour work week a semester. If they want to cover the cost of room and board, they can take on a full-time campus-provided job over the summer.

Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pa.
Students: 165
Tuition: $36,500

All students automatically receive full merit-based tuition scholarships. They must pay room and board, but some 125 students also get some type of financial aid to help cover those costs.

Deep Springs College, Big Pine, Calif.
Undergraduates: 26
Tuition, room and board: $50,000

At this alternative, two-year college, students work a minimum of 20 hours a week either in campus jobs or on the cattle ranch and alfalfa farm attached to the school. Jobs range from washing dishes to delivering calves. Deep Springs covers room and board as well as tuition. The school was all-male until it voted to admit women starting in 2013,  though that decision has been delayed by a legal challenge from one of the trustees. Most Deep Springs students transfer to four-year colleges, including top schools like Harvard and Yale.

Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York (CUNY), New York, N.Y.
Undergraduates: 1,730
Tuition: $5,730

To get the full-tuition scholarship, students must be New York state residents. Macaulay students are spread out over eight campuses in five boroughs. In addition to the tuition coverage, each student gets a laptop, free tech support and a $7,500 “opportunities fund,” to encourage study abroad, internships and community service. Out-of-state students admitted to the program pay tuition of $15,300

Webb Institute, Glen Cove, N.Y.
Undergraduates: 85
Tuition: $41,000

The highly selective school covers complete tuition. All do a double major in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. Students are also required to work in some aspect of the marine industry for two months, in January and February. Students keep what they earn in the internships.

Full List: The Colleges Where Tuition Is Still Free

Read the article: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/colleges-where-tuition-still-free-120200059.html


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Community College: A Viable Option

What do an Academy Award nominated actor, the first female space shuttle commander, the governor of Hawaii, and the president of the NAACP have in common? All four got their start at a community college.

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More and more students are enrolling in community colleges across the nation, even as media attention focuses mostly on selective four-year colleges. Why are students choosing community colleges, and should you consider a community college as a part of your college search?

The Economic Option

One reason for the growing popularity of community colleges is their relatively low tuition. Overall, the average cost of public community colleges is less than half the cost of public four-year colleges and about one-tenth the cost of private four-year colleges.

"Community college is a way for students to afford college without accumulating huge debts," says a Massachusettes independent counselor. "Two years at a community college are fairly inexpensive, so the total cost for a full four years is relatively low."

As a result, students who spend two years at a community college and then transfer to a four-year college spend less money for the same bachelor's degree as their classmates.

The Associate's Degree Option

Of course, the two-year associate's degree is a goal in itself for many community college students. Community colleges offer a wide variety of programs that train students to work in specialized fields, such as dental hygiene, computer technology, nursing, and culinary arts.

"The push for everyone to go to a four-year college ignores the fact that not everyone is suited by talent or interest to spending four years studying many of the same subjects they hated in high school," the counselor says. "In two years, students can get training for a fulfilling and well-paying career."

The Transfer Option

For students who want the four-year degree, community colleges work with four-year colleges to make sure that students can make a smooth transfer. (You might even be able to complete your bachelor's degree through another college but at the community college.) Most community colleges maintain transfer or "articulation" agreements with a number of four-year colleges. These agreements map out exactly which community college courses will transfer to a specific four-year college. They may even guarantee admission as a junior to students who fulfill certain course work and grade requirements. For more information on whether the community college you're considering has articulation agreements with the four-year colleges that interest you, talk to an academic advisor at the community college.

Some students use their two years at community college to improve their chances of getting into a more selective four-year college.

"Almost no colleges will look at your SATs or high school grades after you complete community college," notes New Jersey counselor. Instead, you will be measured by your performance at the community college. This is good news for students with less-than-stellar high school records.

"Community college offers an opportunity to prepare for a bachelor's degree program at a college you might have been unable to be accepted to out of high school," another New Jersey counselor says.

The Flexible Option

Most community colleges cater to students of all ages and backgrounds. As a result, you'll often find more options in class scheduling, including evening and weekend classes. Distance learning is also one of the strengths of community colleges, with a variety of courses offered online, by correspondence or by other alternative methods (such as "telecourses").

An Option for You?

Community colleges can have some drawbacks for students who want the residential college experience. The majority of community colleges do not offer dorms (although you can find some that do), and many community college students have full-time work or family obligations. As a result, you may not find the same breadth or depth of social options and extracurricular activities that you would at a traditional four-year residential college. On the other hand, community college often provides a more supportive learning environment, with smaller class sizes and an emphasis on academic and career counseling, than do larger universities.

As with all college decisions, make sure to research the specific community colleges that interest you. Like their four-year counterparts, each community college is unique, and you must decide for yourself which colleges may be right for you.

But don't automatically cross community colleges off your list. After all, they were right for actor Dustin Hoffman (Santa Monica College); the first female space shuttle commander, Eileen Collins (Corning Community College); former Hawaii Governor Benjamin Cayetano (Los Angeles Harbor College); and a former president of the NAACP, Kweisi Mfume (Baltimore City Community College).

To learn more about the Community Colleges in your area, simply complete a "Google Search," and contact an admission professional within the college directly.

Low income students connecting with the best universities and opportunities!

QuestBridge links exceptional, low income students with colleges, scholarship providers, enrichment programs, employers, and organizations seeking students who have excelled despite obstacles! Check out their website: http://www.questbridge.org/

Let Colleges Apply To You!

Cappex empowers students by helping them find colleges where they will succeed. Once students complete a survey about their accomplishments and interests, they begin to hear about schools that meet their unique qualifications. Colleges can also invite a student to hear more about a specific program they believe the student is particularly well-suited for. Students control the process and decide which schools they want to follow up with. Cappex does not share students' personal contact information without their approval, so students stay in control over their information. It's free! http://www.cappex.com/