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Know of any students interested in attending a university with strong religious foundations? This event features 13 colleges and universities from across the country whose original mission is to incorporate development of mind and spirit. The big names include: Pepperdine University, St. John's University and Ohio Valley University on December 16th. Students can find the best fit for them through interactive video presentations and text chats with each university.

 

Great news! All of the presentations and booths from Wednesday & Thursday are still available for a limited time. Login now before it's too late. Plus, two lucky presentation viewers will be awarded a $250 Amazon gift card!

Login before end of day November 8th to:

• Watch presentations – Watch any presentation from the past two days at your leisure. We have a library of great content from Scholarship America, Ted Fiske and over one hundred student video chats from top universities.
• Visit online booths – While college representatives are no longer chatting, all booths are still active and contain valuable information for your school search. Watch videos, find out more details about applying or look up the best contacts to email.
• $5,000 in tuition – It's not too late to enter! All you need to do is login between now and November 8th for a chance to win.

CollegeWeekLive

Click here for the biggest online college fair this week, November 2nd & 3rd!

CollegeWeekLive Fall is just two days away! Be sure to encourage your students to attend this two day event featuring:

    * More than 300 colleges and universities from across the country through live chats. Students can connect with admission representatives, financial aid administrators and current undergraduate students from schools including Yale, BU, UCLA, Texas A & M and many more.

    * Live hourly presentations from experts offering advice to future college students, including: Ted Fiske, author of the Fiske Guide, Harlan Cohen, author of The Naked Roommate and Alan Gelb, author of Conquering the College Admissions Essay.

    * More than 125 live video presentations and chats with colleges and universities. Ask financial aid questions, find out what life on campus is like from current college students, and learn how to apply to specific colleges and universities during these interactive video sessions.

For a complete list of presenters and to add event reminders to your outlook calendar, visit our agenda page.

Second Annual Virtual College Fair

Please follow the link below for additional information about the second annual virtual college fair sponsored by CollegeWeekLive in partnership with College Advantage and the Ohio Board of Regents, titled "Ohio Day". US Senator Brown is going to be giving a presentation on 'Going to School in Ohio." All of the colleges and universities participating are located in Ohio

http://www.collegeadvantage.com/blog/blog-detail/blog/2011/09/14/collegeweeklive-ohio-day--free-online-college-fair?PostView=true

Guidelines for Letters of Recommendation

(Information taken from FastWeb! College Gold:  The Step-by-Step Guide to Paying for College written by Mark Kantrowitz and Doug Hardy)

• People to consider for writing a recommendation include your teachers or professors, your employer, your coach, the director of a community service organization at which you volunteered your time, or anyone else who knows you well.  Avoid asking family members to write a letter on your behalf.
   
• Choose people who are relevant to the sponsor's goals.  For example, ask a science teacher to write a letter of recommendation for a science scholarship, not your English teacher.  If writing about community service, ask someone who directs the service program, not a friend who served with you.
   
• Ask each person whether they can write you a good letter of recommendation.  You should pick people who can not only write well, but write well about you.  If they seem reluctant to recommend you, ask them to suggest someone else who might be a better choice.
   
• Meet with each person you've chosen, and tell them about the scholarship and its sponsor.  Let them know why you think you deserve the scholarship.  If you've written an essay, give them a copy.  Provide them with a copy of your accomplishments resume, so that they have a summary of your background.
   
• Provide the recommender with a stamped and addressed envelope (if they are required to send the recommendation letter themselves) and any required forms.  Give them two or three weeks to write the letter.  Follow up after ten days to politely ask if they have sent the recommendation or need more information from you.
   
• Do not ask to see a copy of the letter, even if they offer to give you a copy.  If the recommender provides you with a copy of the letter, the selection committee may suspect that the letter isn't as candid as it might have been otherwise.

• Send the writer a thank-you note after the letter has been mailed.  In all likelihood you will ask them to write additional letters for you.  Once they've written one letter on your behalf, the second letter is much easier.  If you send them a thank-you, it will give them a good impression and make them more willing to spend time writing you additional letters in the future.

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